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Diprion similis

    Summary
    Type
    organism
    Genus
    Diprion
    Species
    similis
    Common Name
    Introduced pine sawfly
    Description

    Diprion similis is a species(link is external) of sawfly(link is external) in the family(link is external) Diprionidae(link is external). It is native to central and northern Europe and Asia but has been accidentally introduced into North America where it has become invasive(link is external). The larvae feed on the needles of pine trees, especially those of the white pine (Pinus strobus(link is external)). In North America it is known as the introduced pine sawfly or the imported pine sawfly. It is also known as the white pine sawfly because of its preference for feeding on the white pine, but this name is confusing because another sawfly, Neodiprion pinetum(link is external), whose larvae also feed on this tree, is itself known as the "white pine sawfly".

    Source Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprion_similis

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

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

     

    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
    introduced pine sawfly, Diprion similis (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) - 0488040(link is external) by John Ghent, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
    Assembly Stats
    GC Content
    52.89
    Scaffold N50
    19,013,855
    Other Information
    Community Contact
    Catherine Linnen, University of Kentucky
    Analyses
    Name Program
    NCBI Diprion similis Annotation Release 100 NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline
    Diprion similis genome assembly iyDipSimi1.1 (GCF_021155765.1) HiFiASM v. 0.16.1-r375; Juicebox Assembly Toolkit v. 1.11
    Functional annotation of NCBI Diprion similis Annotation Release 100 AgBase functional annotation pipeline