The complete mitochondrial genome of grouse locust Tetrix japonica (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea)

Abstract

We have determined the complete mitochondrial genome of a species of grouse locust, Tetrix japonica. The total length of the T. japonica mitogenome is 15,128 bp with 75.57% A+T content. It consists of 13 protein-coding, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), and 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and an A+T-rich region. The A+T-rich region was located between the small rRNA and tRNA-Ile genes and is 531 bp in length.

Keywords::

• Mitogenome
• Orthoptera
• Tetrigoidea
• groundhopper

Acknowledgements

We thank Tian-Bao Fu for his assistance in PCR amplification. The study is supported by the grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos 30670257 and 30770307) and the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB411604).

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.