Table 1.
Comparison of metrics for recently sequenced insect genomes
| Species | Order/name | Fold coverage | N50 scaffold (kb) | No. of genes | Gene set | Source |
| Pogonomyrmex barbatus | Hymenoptera (red harvester ant) | 12 | 793 | 17,177 | OGS1.1 | This study |
| Nasonia vitripennis | Hymenoptera (jewel wasp) | 6.8 | 709 | 18,822 | OGS1.2 | (6) |
| Apis mellifera | Hymenoptera (honey bee) | 7.5 | 362 | 10,156/21,001 | OGS1/OGS2 | (5) |
| Acyrthosiphon pisum | Sternorrhyncha (pea aphid) | 6.2 | 88.5 | 34,604 | OGS1 | (37) |
| Tribolium castaneum | Coleoptera (red flower beetle) | 7.3 | 990 | 16,404 | Consensus set | (38) |