Mitochondrial genome of Amphimallon solstitiale (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) and phylogenetic analysis. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Xing-Zhuo; Zhang, Li; Feng, Run-Qiu; Zhang, Li-Jun; Luo, Fang-Zhen; Yuan, Ming-Long
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 4:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 110
• Page End: 111
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Insects -- scarab beetles -- mitochondrial DNA -- phylogeny; Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1536482
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: To better understand the diversity and phylogeny of Scarabaeidae, we sequenced and annotated the nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Amphimallon solstitiale (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). This mitogenome was 13, 755 bp long and encoded 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 19 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs) and two ribosomal RNA unit genes. The A. solstitiale mitogenome with an A + T content of 69.45% presented a positive AT-skew (0.052) and a negative GC-skew (−0.236). Eleven PCGs started with a typical ATN codon, whereas the remaining two PCGs used CAC ( cox1 ) and GTT ( cox2 ) as the initial codon. All tRNAs had a typical secondary cloverleaf structure, except for trnS1 which lacked the dihydrouridine arm. The Bayesian phylogenetic analysis based on mitogenomic data recovered a phylogeny within Scarabaeidae as (Echirinae + (Scirtifomia + (Aphodiinae + (Melolonthinae + (Rutelinae + Cetoniinae))))).