We present a genome assembly from an individual male Melolontha melolontha (a cockchafer; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae). The genome sequence is 1,656.9 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 10 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 18.4 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 17,392 protein coding genes.
Keywords: Coleoptera; Melolontha melolontha; a Cockchafer; chromosomal; genome sequence.
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