The genome sequence of Philonthus cognatus (Stephens, 1832) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle

Liam M Crowley; Mark Telfer; Michael Geiser; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; John F Mulley; Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19336.1

The genome sequence of Philonthus cognatus (Stephens, 1832) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a rove beetle

Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Apr 13:8:169. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19336.1. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Liam M Crowley¹, Mark Telfer², Michael Geiser³; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; John F Mulley⁴; Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliations

¹ University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.
² independent Researcher, Wytham, England, UK.
³ Natural History Museum, London, England, UK.
⁴ School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Philonthus cognatus (a rove beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae). The genome sequence is 1,030.6 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 12 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X and Y sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 20.7 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 29,629 protein coding genes.

Keywords: Coleoptera; Philonthus cognatus; chromosomal; genome sequence; rove beetle.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (206194, https://doi.org/10.35802/206194) and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award (218328, https://doi.org/10.35802/218328).