Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle, Nest 87) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Aethina tumida

The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) is a beekeeping pest. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other locations, including North America, Australia, and the Philippines.

The small hive beetle can be a destructive pest of honey bee colonies, causing damage to comb, stored honey, and pollen. If a beetle infestation is sufficiently heavy, they may cause bees to abandon their hive. Its presence can also be a marker in the diagnosis of colony collapse disorder for honey bees. The beetles can also be a pest of stored combs, and honey (in the comb) awaiting extraction. Beetle larvae may tunnel through combs of honey, feeding and defecating, causing discoloration and fermentation of the honey.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_024364675.1].

The total length of the assembly is 259984281 bp contained within 9 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 36783356, the scaffold L50 value is 3. Assembly gaps span 2900 bp. The GC% content of the assembly is 28.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_024364675.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v101. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.