Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Wellcome Open Research
The genome sequence of the Common Sun Beetle, Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
- 1Independent researcher, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- 2University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Abstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 880.37 megabases and 779.72 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (91.85%) was scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.33 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.
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BibTeX
@article{telfer2026genome,
title = {{The genome sequence of the Common Sun Beetle, Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)}},
author = {Mark G. Telfer and Liam M. Crowley and University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab and Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding Collective and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team and Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team and Tree of Life Core Informatics collective and Darwin Tree of Life Consortium},
journal = {Wellcome Open Research},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.12688/wellcomeopenres.28085.1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.28085.1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The genome sequence of the Common Sun Beetle, Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
AU - Mark G. Telfer
AU - Liam M. Crowley
AU - University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab
AU - Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding Collective
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
AU - Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
AU - Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/09
JO - Wellcome Open Research
DO - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.28085.1
UR - https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.28085.1
AB - We present a genome assembly from an individual male Amara aenea (Common Sun Beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 880.37 megabases and 779.72 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (91.85%) was scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.33 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.
SN - 2398-502X
ER -