The genome sequence of the spider-hunting wasp, Priocnemis perturbator (Harris, 1780) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) - Data note - version 1

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A chromosome-level genome assembly is presented for an individual female Priocnemis perturbator (spider-hunting wasp), with a total length of 391.62 megabases. Most of the assembly (67.88%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules, and a mitochondrial genome is also assembled at 28.93 kilobases. Gene annotation on Ensembl identified 24,581 protein-coding genes. The assembly is generated within the Darwin Tree of Life project to provide reference genomes for eukaryotic species from Britain and Ireland.

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DATA NOTE The genome sequence of the spider-hunting wasp, Priocnemis perturbator (Harris, 1780) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] Liam M. Crowley 1, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding Collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Darwin Tree of Life Consortium 1University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK v1 First published: 24 Oct 2025, 10:599 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1) [Latest published:](Latest published: 24 Oct 2025)[ 24 Oct 2025](Latest published: 24 Oct 2025), 10:599 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1) Abstract We present a genome assembly from an individual female Priocnemis perturbator (spider-hunting wasp; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Pompilidae) . The genome sequence has a total length of 391.62 megabases. Most of the assembly (67.88%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 28.93 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 24 581 protein-coding genes. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland. Keywords Priocnemis perturbator; spider-hunting wasp; genome sequence; chromosomal; Hymenoptera This article is included in the Tree of Life gateway. Open Peer Review | Approval Status | | | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | | version 1
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24 Oct 2025 | | 1. Andrew J Severin , Iowa State University, Ames, USA 2. Julien Varaldi, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon, Villeurbanne, France Sara Oukkal, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (Ringgold ID: 27098), Villeurbanne, France Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Corresponding author: Darwin Tree of Life Consortium ([mark.blaxter@sanger.ac.uk](mark.blaxter@sanger.ac.uk)) Author roles: Crowley LM: Investigation, Resources; Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Grant information: This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (220540) and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award [218328, [https://doi.org/10.35802/218328](https://doi.org/10.35802/218328) ]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Copyright: © 2025 Crowley LM et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. How to cite this article: Crowley LM, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding Collective et al. The genome sequence of the spider-hunting wasp, Priocnemis perturbator (Harris, 1780) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] Wellcome Open Research 2025, 10:599 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1) First published: 24 Oct 2025, 10:599 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25074.1) Species taxonomy Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endop

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What genome assembly results are provided for Priocnemis perturbator?

The document reports a genome assembly of an individual female Priocnemis perturbator, including a total assembly length of 391.62 Mb and a mitochondrial genome of 28.93 kb.

How much of the assembly is organized into chromosomal structures?

Most of the assembly (67.88%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules.

How were genes annotated and how many protein-coding genes were identified?

Gene annotation on Ensembl identified 24,581 protein-coding genes for this assembly.

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