# The genome sequence of a rove beetle, Philonthus spinipes Sharp, 1874

## TL;DR

This paper provides the genome sequence of the rove beetle Philonthus spinipes, including chromosomal scaffolding and gene annotation.

## Contribution

The study presents a high-quality genome assembly and gene annotation for Philonthus spinipes, including chromosomal pseudomolecules and mitochondrial genome.

## Key findings

- The genome assembly is 671.10 megabases long and scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseudomolecules.
- The mitochondrial genome is 19.08 kilobases in length.
- Gene annotation identified 30,004 protein-coding genes.

## Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a female
Philonthus spinipes (rove beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 671.10 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 19.08 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 30,004 protein-coding genes.