Chromosome-level genome assembly of Megachile sculpturalis Smith (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae)
Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 native to East Asia, is an important solitary bee species that has invaded both Europe and the United States. This study provides the first chromosome-level genome assembly of M. sculpturalis using a combination of Nanopore long reads, Illumina short reads, and Hi-C data. The genome comprises 296.99 Mb distributed across 16 chromosomes. N50, L50 and BUSCO completeness reached 19.128 Mb, 7 scaffolds, and 96.7%, respectively. The genome contains 104 Mb repetitive elements (35.02% of the assembly size) and 11,446 predicted protein-coding genes. This chromosome-level genome will serve as an essential genomic resource for future research on Megachilidae.
Authors
- Guang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9410-0189)
- Rui Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-8488)
- Chao‐Dong Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-3178)
- Xiaoyu Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4955-5836)
- Rafael R. Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-3841)
- Michael C. Orr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-3008)
- Arong Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9652-5896)
- Ze‐Qing Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0964-0317)
- Yihan Zhang
- Gang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-2413)
- Qing‐Song Zhou
- Juanjuan Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1962-0505)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (DE)
- Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (BR)
- Institute of Zoology (KZ)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Zoology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04385-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.08
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China