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	Host Insect	Classification	Localization	Function	Function Tags	Year	Edit
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia hispida Hymenoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia, a genus of parasitoid wasps	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Wolbachia Pseudomonadota	Franklinothrips vespiformis Thysanoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	cause thelytoky, which is a form of parthenogenesis in which females produce females without males	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Rickettsia Pseudomonadota	Adalia decempunctata Coleoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	kill male host offspring during embryogenesis	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Wolbachia Pseudomonadota	Tribolium madens Coleoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces embryonic male killing	Reproductive manipulation	2000
Wolbachia Pseudomonadota	Sitophilus oryzae Coleoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	it causes nucleocytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1999
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Adalia bipunctata Coleoptera	Bacteria		male killing	Reproductive manipulation	1999
Wolbachia Pseudomonadota	Adalia bipunctata Coleoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	kill male hosts during embryogenesis	Reproductive manipulation	1999
Wolbachia Pseudomonadota	Acraea encedon Lepidoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	kill male hosts during embryogenesis	Reproductive manipulation	1999
Wolbachia pipientis Pseudomonadota	Aedes albopictus Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces cytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1992
Wolbachia pipientis Pseudomonadota	Culex pipiens Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces cytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1992
Wolbachia pipientis Pseudomonadota	Drosophila simulans Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces cytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1992
Wolbachia pipientis Pseudomonadota	Drosophila simulans Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces cytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1992
Wolbachia pipientis Pseudomonadota	Tribolium confusum Coleoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces cytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1992
Wolbachia pipientis Pseudomonadota	Hypera postica Coleoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	induces cytoplasmic incompatibility	Reproductive manipulation	1992

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