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The genome sequence of the hoverfly, Volucella pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Syrphidae) Open

Will Nash, Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Volucella pellucens (hoverfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1 242.11 megabases and 1 244.29 megabases. Most of hap…

The genome sequence of the Brown garden snail, Cornu aspersum (O.F.Müller, 1774) (Stylommatophora: Helicidae) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Angus Davison · 2025

We present a genome assembly from an individual Cornu aspersum (Brown garden snail; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Stylommatophora; Helicidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 2 908.45 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.95%) is scaffold…

The genome sequence of the eyed flat-backed millipede, Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1814) Open

Caroline A. Owen, Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Richard J. Twitchett, Gregory D. Edgecombe · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Nanogona polydesmoides (eyed flat-backed millipede; Arthropoda; Diplopoda; Chordeumatida; Craspedosomatidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 406.26 megabases. Most of the assembly …

The genome sequence of the Broad Centurion soldierfly, Chloromyia formosa (Scopoli, 1763) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurion soldierfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Stratiomyidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 790.81 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.79%) is…

The genome sequence of a snail-killing fly, Dichetophora obliterata (Fabricius, 1805) Open

Liam M Crowley, Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Duncan Sivell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Dichetophora obliterata (snail-killing fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Sciomyzidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,312.79 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.78%) is s…

The genome sequence of a cranefly, Tipula lateralis Meigen, 1804 Open

Duncan Sivell, Olga Sivell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Tipula lateralis (cranefly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Tipulidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 701.32 megabases. Most of the assembly (89.15%) is scaffolded into 4 chr…

The genome sequence of a weevil, Philopedon plagiatum (Schaller, 1783) Open

Olga Sivell, Brian Levey, Maxwell V. L. Barclay, Duncan Sivell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Philopedon plagiatum (weevil; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Curculionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,080.33 megabases. Most of the assembly (96.68%) is scaffolded…

The genome sequence of a snipefly, Rhagio lineola Fabricius, 1794 Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Judith A. Webb, Steven Falk · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Rhagio lineola (snipefly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Rhagionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,654.96 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.13%) is scaffolded into 5 chr…

The genome sequence of a carabid beetle, Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Maxwell V. L. Barclay · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female Abax parallelepipedus (carabid beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 596.99 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.3%) is scaffolded into 18 c…

The genome sequence of a dung beetle, Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790) Open

Duncan Sivell, Olga Sivell, Maxwell V. L. Barclay · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Melinopterus prodromus (a dung beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 645.61 megabases. Most of the assembly (90.82%) is scaf…

The genome sequence of the wood gnat, Sylvicola cinctus (Fabricius, 1787) Open

Duncan Sivell, Olga Sivell, Vladimir Blagoderov · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female Sylvicola cinctus (Wood gnat; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Anisopodidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 179.14 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.93%) is scaffolded into 3 chromosoma…

The genome sequence of the Common Sheetweb Spider Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1757) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a male Linyphia triangularis (Common Sheetweb Spider Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Linyphiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,349.10 megabases. Most of the assembly (95.36%) is scaffolded …

The genome sequence of the click beetle, Ampedus sanguinolentus sanguinolentus (Schrank, 1776) Open

Duncan Sivell, Dmitry Telnov, Michael Geiser, Maxwell V. L. Barclay · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Ampedus sanguinolentus sanguinolentus (click beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Elateridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,574.76 megabases and 1,5…

The genome sequence of the Small Red Damselfly, Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Judy Webb · 2025

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Ceriagrion tenellum (Small Red Damselfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Odonata; Coenagrionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 2,077.00 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.28%) is sc…

The genome sequence of the Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Matthew Noah Smith · 2025

We present a genome assembly from an individual female specimen of Bombus lapidarius (Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Apidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 368.50 megabases. Most of the assembly…

The genome sequence of a carabid beetle, Carabus problematicus Herbst, 1786 Open

Duncan Sivell, Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell · 2025

We present a genome assembly from an individual female specimen of Carabus problematicus (carabid beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 254.00 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.1%)…

The genome sequence of a cranefly Tipula (Lunatipula) vernalis Meigen, 1804 Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual female cranefly Tipula vernalis (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Tipulidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,272.30 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 4 chromosomal …

The genome sequence of a soliderfly, Stratiomys singularior (Harris, 1776) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Ryan Mitchell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual female solidierfly, Stratiomys singularior (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Stratiomyidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 715.20 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 6…

The genome sequence of a cranefly, Tipula (Lunatipula) helvola Loew, 1873 Open

Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual female cranefly, Tipula helvola (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Tipulidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,204.70 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 4 chromosomal …

The genome sequence of a fold-wing cranefly, Ptychoptera albimana (Fabricius, 1787) Open

Olga Sivell, Judy Webb, Ryan Mitchell, Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual male fold-wing cranefly, Ptychoptera albimana (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Ptychopteridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 197.90 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.54%) is scaf…

The genome sequence of the Red-legged Robberfly, Dioctria rufipes (Scopoli, 1763) Open

Liam M Crowley, Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Robert L. Newell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual Dioctria rufipes (the Red-legged robberfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Asilidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,451.60 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 6 ch…

The genome sequence of the heleomyzid fly, Heteromyza rotundicornis (Zetterstedt, 1846) Open

Duncan Sivell, Olga Sivell, Ryan Mitchell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Heteromyza rotundicornis (heleomyzid fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Heleomyzidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 333.40 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into…

The genome sequence of an ichneumonid wasp, Ophion obscuratus Fabricius, 1798 Open

Duncan Sivell, Olga Sivell, Gavin R. Broad · 2024

We present a genome assembly from a male Ophion obscuratus (Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 742.60 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 13 chromosomal pseudomolecule…

The genome sequence of a robberfly, Dysmachus trigonus (Meigen, 1804) Open

Olga Sivell, Chris Raper, Ryan Mitchell, Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual male robberfly, Dysmachus trigonus (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Asilidae). The genome sequence has a length of 450.3 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 7 chromosomal pseudom…

The genome sequence of the acalyptrate fly Dryomyza anilis Fallén, 1820 Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Judith A. Webb, Ryan Mitchell, Michael T. Ashworth · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual male acalyptrate fly Dryomyza anilis (Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Dryomyzidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 656.60 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 7 chromos…

The genome sequence of a robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica (De Geer, 1776) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Leptogaster cylindrica (robberfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Asilidae). The genome sequence spans 196.60 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomole…

The genome sequence of the Cow Parsley Leaf Beetle, Chrysolina oricalcia (O.F. Müller, 1776) Open

Olga Sivell, Duncan Sivell, Michael Geiser · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual Cow Parsley Leaf Beetle Chrysolina oricalcia (the Cow Parsley Leaf Beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae). The genome sequence is 1,423.4 megabases in span. Most of the assem…

The genome sequence of a cranefly, Tipula (Savtshenkia) confusa van der Wulp, 1883 Open

Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Tipula confusa (cranefly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Tipulidae). The genome sequence is 728.1 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules,…

The genome sequence of a hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) Open

Olga Sivell, Chris Raper, Ryan Mitchell, Duncan Sivell · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Eristalinus aeneus (a hoverfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The genome sequence is 495.4 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 6 chromosomal pseudomo…

The genome sequence of the German scorpionfly, Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758 Open

Duncan Sivell, Ryan Mitchell, Liam M Crowley · 2024

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Panorpa germanica (the German scorpionfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Mecoptera; Panorpidae). The genome sequence is 464.2 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 21 chromos…

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