The complete mitochondria genome of Ravinia pernix (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Abstract

Ravinia pernix is considered to be a forensically important fly species of the family Sarcophagidae. In this study, we present the complete mitochondrial genome of Ravinia pernix for the first time. There is one encoding region including 37 genes and one non-coding AT-rich region observed in the 15,778 bp circular genome, containing 13 protein-encoding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. The arrangement of the genes is the same as that found in the ancestral arthropod. The base compositions of A, T, G and C are 39.57%, 37.60%, 9.36% and 13.47%, respectively. The mitochondrial genome of Ravinia pernix presented will be valuable and useful for enriching the dipteran mitochondrial genomes, resolving phylogenetic relationships within the family Sarcophagidae and the order Diptera, and providing a molecular tool for species identifications for forensic purposes.

• Forensic entomology
• mitochondria genome
• Ravinia pernix
• species identification

Declaration of interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81373249, 81302615), Central South university student innovation test plan (2282014bks163, CY14231).