The genome sequence of a ladybird beetle, Rhyzobius forestieri (Mulsant, 1853) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Rhyzobius forestieri (ladybird beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Coccinellidae). The primary assembly has a total length of 753.45 megabases. Most of the primary assembly (94.89%) is scaffolded into 9 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 18.95 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.
Authors
- Maxwell V. L. Barclay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4989-2014)
- Clive R. Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6386-8542)
- Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
- Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding Collective
- Michael F. Geiser
Institutions
- Natural History Museum (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27963.1
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust