ERGA-BGE genome of Dendarus foraminosus: an IUCN Least Concern darkling beetle endemic to Crete (Greece)
<ns3:p> <ns3:italic>Dendarus foraminosus</ns3:italic> Mulsant and Rey, 1855 is a darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae and one of the many <ns3:italic>Dendarus</ns3:italic> species endemic to the island of Crete. <ns3:italic>Dendarus foraminosus</ns3:italic> is a commonly found species and is widespread in the lowland and montane phrygana and maquis of central Crete. The species is classified as Least Concern (LC) by the IUCN Red List. The reference genome of <ns3:italic>Dendarus foraminosus</ns3:italic> will enable phylogenetic, population, and evolutionary research regarding this endemic species and its close relatives. A total of 11 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules (sex chromosomes included) were assembled from the genome sequence. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 0.59 Gb, composed of 430 contigs and 415 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 24.4 Mb and 51.9 Mb, respectively. </ns3:p>
Authors
- Αpostolos Trichas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-5262)
- Manos Stratakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6291-9245)
- Petros Lymberakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-9600)
- Eleftherios Bitzilekis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5434-0550)
- Danae Karakasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5397-8876)
- Nikolaos Poulakakis
- Swati Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0795-8230)
- Corinne Cruaud
- Jean-Marc Aury
- Astrid Bohne
- Leanne Haggerty
- Chiara Bortoluzzi
- Rosa Fernández
- Giannis Bolanakis
- Lola Demirdjian
- Alice Moussy
- Patrick Wincker
- Fergal Martin
- Karine Labadie
- Pedro H. Oliveira
- Nuria Escudero
- Emilie Téodori
- Simone Duprat
- Rita Monteiro
Institutions
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
- University of Crete (GR)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
- Genoscope (FR)
- Science and Technology Park of Crete (GR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BG)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Europe
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.20489.3
- Primary Topic
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00