The genome sequence of the Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ian Sims; Chris Raper; Olga Sivell; Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23623.1

The genome sequence of the Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wellcome Open Res. 2025 Feb 7:10:48. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23623.1. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Ian Sims¹, Chris Raper², Olga Sivell²; Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Syngenta International Research Station, Jealott's Hill, Berkshire, England, UK.
² Natural History Museum, London, England, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual specimen of Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable Fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Muscidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,070.90 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.96%) is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules.The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 17.6 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 15,757 protein-coding genes.

Keywords: Diptera; Stable Fly; Stomoxys calcitrans; chromosomal; genome sequence.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom