Rhyzopertha dominica
Summary
| Type |
organism
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| Genus |
Rhyzopertha
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| Species |
dominica
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| Common Name |
Lesser grain borer
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| Genome Browser | |
| Description |
Rhyzopertha is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Bostrichidae, the false powderpost beetles. The sole species, Rhyzopertha dominica, is known commonly as the lesser grain borer, American wheat weevil, Australian wheat weevil, and stored grain borer. It is a beetle commonly found within store bought products and pest of stored cereal grains located worldwide. It is also a major pest of peanuts. The first documentation of wheat infestation by R. dominica was observed in Australia. R. dominica are usually reddish brown to dark brown in coloration, vary in sizes, elongated and cylindrical. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyzopertha |
| Publication |
Xue D, Duanmu H, Li F, Wu Y. Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrycidae). Scientific data. 2026 Apr 09; 13(1).
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| Organism Image | |
| Image Credit |
5380060-WEB.jpg by Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. |
Assembly Stats
| Contig N50 |
2.7 Mb |
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| GC Content |
35.0% |
| Scaffold N50 |
56.7 Mb |
Other Information
| Community Contact |
Erin Scully, USDA-ARS |
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| Links |
Analyses
| Name | Program | Status Sort descending |
|---|---|---|
| Rhyzopertha dominica genome assembly ASM5587860v1 (GCA_055878605.1) | hifiasm v. 0.16.1; Juicer v. 1.6; 3D-DNA popeline v. 180922; Juicebox v. 1.11.08 | Current |
| Functional annotation of Rhyzopertha dominica annotations v1 | AgBase functional annotation pipeline | Current |
| Rhyzopertha dominica annotations v1 | EvidenceModeler | Current |