Abstract
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Dascillus cervinus (the Orchid Beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Dascillidae). The genome sequence is 282.7 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 9 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X and Y sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 20.66 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 15,761 protein coding genes.