The complete mitogenome of Arcyptera coreana (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Abstract

The complete mitogenome of Arcyptera coreana (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae) is determined to be 15,783 bp in length, consisting of 37 typical mitochondrial genes and an AT-rich region. Its gene order and orientation are identical to those of most other grasshoppers. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) are initiated by typical ATN codons, except for cox1 gene with the unusual TTA as its start codon. Eleven genes use complete termination codon (TAA), whereas the cox2 and nad5 genes end with a single T. Except for trnS^AGN, all tRNA genes display typical secondary cloverleaf structures as those of other insects. The two rRNA genes (rrnL and rrnS) are 1,309 bp and 792 bp, respectively. The 946-bp long AT-rich region contains several features common to those of other Caelifera insects, such as the stem-loop secondary structure and the motif “TATTTwATryAyAAA”.

• Arcyptera coreana
• Acrididae
• Caelifera
• mitogenome composition and organization
• motif
• RNA secondary structure

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31372192 and No. 31201711).