Lutzomyia longipalpis (Sand fly, SR_M1_2022) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Lutzomyia longipalpis

Lutzomyia longipalpis is a species complex of sandfly belonging to the family Psychodidae. This species is primarily present in Central and South America, but has also appeared in Mexico. There have been reports of L. longipalpis as far south as Argentina, as they are found in a wide variety of ecological conditions. Both males and females feed on sugars from plants and aphids, but only adult females feed on the blood of other mammals. The species has recently begun appearing in urban areas throughout Brazil, and serves as a key vessel for the propagation of the parasite Leishmania infantum. The presence of these flies appears to be strongly correlated to the presence of domestic chickens in Latin America. The first major urban outbreak of the lethal Visceral leishmanias epidemic was detected in Teresina, Piauí State in the early 1980s following a massive planting of acacias.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_024334085.1].

The total length of the assembly is 147838017 bp contained within 4 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 40620313, the scaffold L50 value is 2. The GC% content of the assembly is 35.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_024334085.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release vGCF_024334085.1-RS_2023_05.html. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.