# The genome sequence of the false flower beetle, Anaspis frontalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

## TL;DR

This paper presents the genome sequence of the false flower beetle, including two haplotypes and the mitochondrial genome.

## Contribution

The study provides the first genome assembly for the false flower beetle, including chromosomal pseudomolecules and the mitochondrial genome.

## Key findings

- The genome assembly includes two haplotypes with lengths of 808.55 and 802.05 megabases.
- Haplotype 1 is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X chromosome.
- The mitochondrial genome is 16.47 kilobases in length.

## Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a specimen of
Anaspis frontalis (the false flower beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Scraptiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 808.55 megabases and 802.05 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (95.81%) is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X chromosome, while haplotype 2 is a scaffold-level assembly. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.47 kilobases in length.