Genomic and transcriptomic resources for assassin flies including the complete genome sequence of Proctacanthus coquilletti (Diptera: Asilidae) and 16 representative transcriptomes

Our understanding of the evolution of genomes of midges, mosquitoes, and flies—Diptera—is better than for any other insect order as so far some 95 whole genomes have been sequenced and are publicly available. However, the available Diptera genomes are not evenly distributed across this 250 Million year old radiation and skewed towards medically important malaria-transmitting mosquitoes (24 genomes) and species of Drosophila used as model organisms in genetic research (25 genomes). Here, we provide the first high-quality genome and several transcriptomes for orthorrhaphous flies and specifically Asiloidea in the center of center of the Diptera Tree of Life.

我们对双翅目（Diptera，涵盖蠓、蚊、蝇）基因组演化的认知，优于其他所有昆虫目类群，目前已有约95个完整基因组完成测序并公开可用。然而，已公开的双翅目基因组在这个拥有2.5亿年演化历史的类群辐射中分布并不均匀，且高度偏向于具有医学重要性的传疟蚊类（共24个基因组）以及遗传研究中常用的模式生物果蝇属（Drosophila）物种（共25个基因组）。本研究首次为直裂亚目蝇类，尤其是处于双翅目生命之树核心位置的盗虻总科（Asiloidea）类群，提供了高质量参考基因组与多套转录组数据。