RNA-seq of Hycleus Phaleratus

Hycleus cichorii and Hycleus Phaleratus are important blister beetles in Traditional Chinese Medicine due to their ability to biosynthesize cantharidin, which has been used for cancer therapy recently. Both blister beetles have shared the highly similar environments and ecological niches. However, the population of H. Phaleratus drastically reduced even or become extinct in recent year comparison to H. cichorii. To understand the different adaptability, we comparative analysis the six chemosensory genes families of both species used a transcriptome.