A high-quality genome of the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens

Gavrila Ang; Andrew Zhang; John Obrycki; Arun Sethuraman

doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkae083

A high-quality genome of the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens

G3 (Bethesda). 2024 Jun 5;14(6):jkae083. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae083.

Authors

Gavrila Ang¹, Andrew Zhang^{2

3

4}, John Obrycki⁵, Arun Sethuraman¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
² Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA.
³ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA.
⁵ Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.

Abstract

Here, we describe a high-quality genome assembly and annotation of the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The highest quality unmasked genome comprises 619 megabases (Mb) of chromosomal DNA, organized into 899 contigs, with a contig N50 score of 89 Mbps. The genome was assessed to be 96% complete (BUSCO). Reconstruction of a whole-genome phylogeny resolved H. convergens as sister to the Harlequin lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, and nested within a clade of several known agricultural pests.

Keywords: annotation; assembly; bioinformatics; genomics; lady beetles; phylogenomics.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera* / genetics
Genome, Insect*
Genomics / methods
Molecular Sequence Annotation*
Phylogeny*

Abstract

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