Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) is an efficient predatory biological control agent used throughout the Mediterranean Basin in tomato crops but regarded as a pest in northern European countries. From the family Miridae, it is an economically important insect yet very little is known in terms of genetic information and no genomic or transcriptomic studies have been published. Here, we use a linked-read sequencing strategy on a single female N. tenuis. From this, we assembled the 355 Mbp genome and delivered an ab initio, homology-based and evidence-based annotation. Along the way, the bacterial "contamination" was removed from the assembly. In addition, bacterial lateral gene transfer (LGT) candidates were detected in the N. tenuis genome. The complete gene set is composed of 24 688 genes; the associated proteins were compared to other hemipterans (Cimex lectularis, Halyomorpha halys and Acyrthosiphon pisum). We visualized the genome using various cytogenetic techniques, such as karyotyping, CGH and GISH, indicating a karyotype of 2n = 32. Additional analyses include the localization of 18S rDNA and unique satellite probes as well as pooled sequencing to assess nucleotide diversity and neutrality of the commercial population. This is one of the first mirid genomes to be released and the first of a mirid biological control agent.

Biology Centre CAS Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic

Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias Moncada Spain

Department of Biology University of Rochester Rochester New York USA

European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg Germany

Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic

Laboratory of Entomology Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands

Laboratory of Genetics Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands

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