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Cylas formicarius

    Summary
    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(link is external)).

     

    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
    Assembly Stats
    GC Content
    36.21
    Scaffold N50
    36172098
    Other Information