A high-contiguous genome assembly of Apis andreniformis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

The black dwarf honey bee, Apis andreniformis, is indispensable in pollinating tropical cash crops in Southeast Asian countries. It holds considerable ecological and economic importance, but its population is declining due to environmental disturbances and human intervention. Here, we report a high-continuity draft genome of A. andreniformis assembled from a combination of datasets including 30.02 Gb ultra-long Nanopore reads, 1.87 Gb PacBio Circular Consensus sequencing reads, and 33.57 Gb short paired reads. The genome assembly is 219.86 Mb long, consisting of 20 contigs with a contig N50 value of 14.01 Mb. A total of 10,135 protein-coding genes were predicted, of which 89.76% were functionally annotated. Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs evaluation showed high genome completeness with 98.49% of the core Hymenoptera genes being covered. The publication of this genome will facilitate future research on honey bees and also help to provide new insight into adaptive evolution via comparative genomics.