Scientific Data (Jul 2025)

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa dejeanii Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

  • Dan Zhang,
  • Jianfeng Jin,
  • Zeqing Niu,
  • Michael C. Orr,
  • Feng Zhang,
  • Rafael R. Ferrari,
  • Qingtao Wu,
  • Qingsong Zhou,
  • Wa Da,
  • Chaodong Zhu,
  • Arong Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05641-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

Read online

Abstract Xylocopinae, a diverse bee subfamily comprising over 1,000 bee species, and also a major model system for studying the pollination and evolution of sociality. The lack of chromosome-level genome assembly resources for the Xylocopinae limits our research of their biology and evolution. Here, we provided the first pseudo-chromosomes genome assembly of the Xylocopa dejeanii combined PacBio CLR long reads, Illumina sequences, and Hi-C data. The final genome is 194.44 Mb located in 16 chromosomes. Our assembly includes 141 scaffolds, with a scaffold N50 length of 13.15 Mb. BUSCO analysis revealed 99.00% completeness. Genome annotation identified 28.27 Mb of repetitive elements, 10,970 protein-coding genes, and 432 ncRNAs. This high-quality X. dejeanii assembly advances our understanding of Xylocopinae genomics and provides new insights into bee evolution.