The genome sequence of the Thick-legged Hoverfly, Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758).

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Syritta pipiens (the Thick-legged Hoverfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The genome sequence is 318.5 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 5 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.76 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 18,405 protein coding genes.