Distenia

Distenia
Distenia gracilis (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Disteniidae
Tribe: Disteniini
Genus: Distenia
Serville, 1825

Distenia is a genus of disteniid beetle.

Genomics

A chromosome-level genome assembly for Distenia gracilis was published in 2026, representing the first reference genome for the family Disteniidae. The assembled genome is approximately 1.89 Gb in size, with 97.1% of the assembly anchored to 10 chromosomes. The genome assembly has a BUSCO completeness of 99.27%, and 77,131 protein-coding genes were predicted, of which 33,643 were functionally annotated.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Sangil; Farrell, Brian D. (2026-05-12). "First reference genome for the family Disteniidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea), the sister lineage to all longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae)". Scientific Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07413-x. PMID 42120419.
  2. ↑ Bi; Lin (2013). "Description of a new species of Distenia (Coleoptera, Disteniidae, Disteniini) from Southeastern China, with records and diagnoses of similar species". ZooKeys (275): 77–89. doi:10.3897/zookeys.275.4700. PMC 3677328. PMID 23794812.