The genome sequence of Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24809.1

The genome sequence of Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Eledona agricola (darkling beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 358.83 megabases. Most of the assembly (75.64%) is scaffolded into 10 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.31 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.

Original language	English
Article number	501
Journal	Wellcome Open Research
Volume	10
Early online date	9 Sept 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24809.1
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2025

Data Availability Statement

European Nucleotide Archive: Eledona agricola. Accession number PRJEB71655. The genome sequence is released openly for reuse. The Eledona agricola genome sequencing initiative is part of the Darwin Tree of Life Project (PRJEB40665) and the Sanger Institute Tree of Life Programme (PRJEB43745). All raw sequence data and the assembly have been deposited in INSDC databases. The genome will be annotated using available RNA-Seq data and presented through the Ensembl pipeline at the European Bioinformatics Institute. Raw data and assembly accession identifiers are reported in Table 1 and Table 2 Production code used in genome assembly at the WSI Tree of Life are available at https://github.com/sanger-tol. Table 5 lists software versions used in this study.

Keywords

chromosomal
Coleoptera
darkling beetle
Eledona agricola
genome sequence

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, & Darwin Tree of Life Consortium (2025). The genome sequence of Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Wellcome Open Research, 10, Article 501. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24809.1

The genome sequence of Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). / University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team et al.
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University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective & Darwin Tree of Life Consortium 2025, 'The genome sequence of Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)', Wellcome Open Research, vol. 10, 501. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24809.1

University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective et al. The genome sequence of Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Wellcome Open Research. 2025 Sept 9;10:501. Epub 2025 Sept 9. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24809.1

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