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Cephus cinctus

    Summary
    Type
    organism
    Genus
    Cephus
    Species
    cinctus
    Common Name
    Wheat stem sawfly
    Description

    Cephus cinctus, also known as wheat stem sawfly, is a slow flying, yellow and black colored, destructive pest found mainly in western North America. The adult fly grows to a length of 7 to 12 mm. Males are considerably smaller than females. However, they are delicate and short lived. The species has a wide host range that includes all large-stemmed grasses except oats, Avena sativa L. It is known as a chronic pest in Northern Great Plains of the United States and also an important pest of wheat in the Canadian Prairies. The species is distributed widely in various regions of the USA and Canada.

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    Genome update. Previously, the i5k Workspace@NAL hosted Cephus cinctus genome assembly Ccin1 (GCF_000341935.1), NCBI Cephus cinctus Annotation Release 101, and Functional annotation of NCBI Cephus cinctus Annotation Release 101. The assembly and annotations have been updated to the most recent assembly, Cephus cinctus genome assembly Ccin1v2 (GCF_000341935.2) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCF_000341935.2//(link is external)), NCBI Cephus cinctus Annotation Release 101 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/annotation_euk/Cephus_cinctus/101/(link is external)), and Functional annotation of NCBI Cephus cinctus Annotation Release 101 (https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/data/Arthropoda/cepcin-%28Cephus_cinctus%29/Ccin1v2/2.Official%20or%20Primary%20Gene%20Set/).
    Publication
    Robertson HM, Waterhouse RM, Walden KKO, Ruzzante L, Reijnders MJMF, Coates BS, Legeai F, Gress JC, Biyiklioglu S, Weaver DK, Wanner KW, Budak H. Genome Sequence of the Wheat Stem Sawfly, Cephus cinctus, Representing an Early-Branching Lineage of the Hymenoptera, Illuminates Evolution of Hymenopteran Chemoreceptors. . Genome biology and evolution. 2018 11 01; 10(11):2997-3011.
    Organism Image
    Image Credit
    Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org. View Source.(link is external) CC-BY-NC(link is external)
    Assembly Stats
    GC Content
    41.34
    Scaffold N50
    622163
    Other Information
    Community Contact
    I5k Workspace, USDA-ARS