The genome sequence of a hoverfly, Sphaerophoria taeniata (Meigen, 1822) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sphaerophoria taeniata (a hoverfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The genome sequence is 609.3 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X and Y sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.42 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 24,213 protein coding genes.

Keywords

• Sphaerophoria taeniata
• a hoverfly
• genome sequence
• chromosomal
• Diptera
• eng