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March 7, 2026Scientific DataOpen Access

Draft genomes of two Lethrus species

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NNNikoletta Andrea NagyLLLevente LaczkóCFCsongor Freytag

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Genome assemblies of Lethrus scoparius and Lethrus apterus provide insights into beetle evolution.

Key Points

  • This research aims to enhance the genomic understanding of Lethrus species within the Scarabaeoidae family.
  • Generated third-generation sequencing data for two Lethrus species.
  • Described the genome assembly of Lethrus scoparius and improved the assembly of Lethrus apterus.
  • Conducted BUSCO analysis to assess genome completeness and assigned functions to genes.
  • Lethrus scoparius genome consisted of 2,873 contigs with an N50 value of 301,243 bp.
  • Achieved 98.1% complete BUSCO hits for Lethrus scoparius.
  • Lethrus apterus genome had 886 scaffolds with an N50 value of 1,378,308 bp and 96.8% complete BUSCO hits.
  • Assigned functions to 15,252 genes in Lethrus scoparius and 15,520 in Lethrus apterus.

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Nagy et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69abc1c65af8044f7a4eabdchttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-06978-x
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