Bloodsucking midges from the Forcipomyia genus are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas. While there is limited genomic data for ceratopogonid biting midges, our goal was to develop a high-quality draft genome for F. taiwana. We utilized PacBio ultra-low input library construction combined with HiFi sequencing. The assembly resulted in a F. taiwana genome 2.0 and featured a longer maximum scaffold length and higher N50 value, achieved with fewer scaffolds. This work was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan, grant numbers 109-2327-B-320-001 and 110-2327-B-320-001 to Chung-Yen Lin and Ming-Der Lin.
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Ming-Der Lin
Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu Chi University, 701 Zhongyang Rd., Sec. 3, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
Chung-Yen Lin
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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