This dataset presents the Frankliniella occidentalis gene set BCM_v_0.5.3. RNA-Seq data was used with additional protein homology data for a MAKER automated annotation of the Frankliniella occidentalis genome assembly 1.0.

The *Frankliniella occidentalis* genome was recently sequenced and annotated as part of the i5k pilot project by the Baylor College of Medicine. The *Frankliniella occidentalis* research community has manually reviewed and curated the computational gene predictions and generated an official gene set, OGSv1.0. OGSv1.0 was generated by merging gene set FOCC-V0.5.3-Models generated by the Baylor College of Medicine, and community-curated models in the Apollo software, after QC of the Apollo output. After the merge, scaffolds that were likely bacterial contamination were identified by John H. Werren, and gene models overlapping with these contaminated regions were removed from the OGS.

*Microplitis demolitor* (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a parasitoid used as a biological control agent to control larval-stage Lepidoptera and serves as a model for studying the function and evolution of symbiotic viruses in the genus Bracovirus. Using RNA-Seq data for this species and manual annotation of genes of viral origin, we annotated a high-quality gene set including 171 virus-derived protein-coding genes.

The Baylor College of Medicine recently sequenced and annotated the Gerris buenoi genome as part of the i5k pilot project. This dataset presents the Gerris buenoi genome v1.0. This assembly version is the pre-release version, prior to filtering and quality control by the National Center for Biotechnology Information's GenBank resource. The corresponding genome assembly in [GCA_001010745.1](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCA_001010745.1/)