The genome sequence of the Bird Louse Fly, Ornithomya avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

<ns3:p>We present a genome assembly from an individual male <ns3:italic>Melieria picta</ns3:italic> (picture-winged fly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Ulidiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 423.82 megabases and 429.48 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (98.49%) is scaffolded into 4 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.78 kilobases. 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.</ns3:p>