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Cylas formicarius

Summary
Analysis
Assembly Stats
Other Information
Summary
Resource Type
Organism
Genus
Cylas
Species
formicarius
Common Name
Sweet potato weevil
Description

Cylas formicarius, the sweet potato weevil, is a species of sweet potato weevil in the beetle family Brentidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, Southern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and temperate Asia.

This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use.

This genome project is part of the Ag100Pest project (http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest).

 
Publication
Childers AK, Geib SM, Sim SB, Poelchau MF, Coates BS, Simmonds TJ, Scully ED, Smith TPL, Childers CP, Corpuz RL, Hackett K, Scheffler B. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.. Insects. 2021 Jul 09; 12(7).
Organism Image
Image Credit
Cylas formicarius, sweet potato weevil
Analysis
NameProgramDate Constructed
Cylas formicarius genome assembly icCylForm1.1 (GCF_029955315.1)HiFiASMMay 8th, 2023
NCBI Cylas formicarius Annotation Release GCF_029955315.1-RS_2023_10NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation PipelineNov 2nd, 2023
Functional annotation of NCBI Cylas formicarius Annotation Release GCF_029955315.1-RS_2023_10AgBase functional annotation pipelineNov 13th, 2023
Assembly Stats
Scaffold N50
36172098
GC Content
36.21
Other Information
Community Contact
Scott Geib, USDA-ARS
Links
NCBI BioProject
Download data
Ag100Pest Project