Onthophagus taurus (Bull Headed Dung Beetle, NC) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Onthophagus taurus

Onthophagus taurus, the taurus scarab, is a species of dung beetle in the genus Onthophagus and the family Scarabaeidae. Also known as the bull-headed dung beetle, it is a species that specializes in cattle dung and is widely utilized to maintain clean pastures, making it agriculturally valuable. These beetles are typically 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) in size. The males of this species exhibit distinct characteristics: large "major" males possess long, sweeping, curved horns resembling those of a longhorn bull, while small "minor" males have tiny horns that project upward from the back of their heads. Females, on the other hand, lack horns. These small beetles are oval shaped, the color is usually black or reddish brown. Sometimes the pronotum has a weak metallic sheen.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_036711975.1].

The total length of the assembly is 290855388 bp contained within 33 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 33174080, the scaffold L50 value is 4. The GC% content of the assembly is 33.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_036711975.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release GCF_036711975.1-RS_2025_01. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.