Genome assembly of the flour beetle Tribolium freemani. Tribolium freemani genome assembly

Aim of this study was to sequence the Kashmir flour beetle Tribolium freemani. It is the closest sibling species of well-studied and representative coleopteran species Tribolium castaeum. Sequencing was performed with PacBio HiFi technology and approximate 74-fold of genome coverage. Using the well-assembled T. castaneum genome as a reference, we assembled 262 Mb of the T. freemani genomic sequence and anchored it in 10 linkage groups corresponding to nine autosomes and sex chromosome X. The assembly showed 99.8% completeness of conserved insect genes, indicating a high-quality reference genome.