The complete mitochondrial genome of Hemerobius spodipennis (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Hemerobius spodipennis Yang, 1987 was sequenced in this study. The complete mitochondrial genome is a typical double-stranded circular molecule of 16,343 bp (GenBank accession number: MT268963) comprising of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. The gene order is identical to that of the putative ancestral arrangement of insects and other lacewings. All protein-coding genes initiate with ATN, except COI use CGA as start codons and terminate with TAG or TAA, expect ND5 and ND4 use TA– or a single T–– residue as the stop codon. All tRNAs, ranging from 63 to 72 bp, can be folded into typical clover-leaf secondary structure except for tRNA^Ser(AGN), in which the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm did not form a stable stem-loop structure. The control region is 1433 bp long with an A + T content of 91.4%. In the sampled families of Neuroptera, each family showed a monophyletic cluster and Polystoechotidae + Rapismatidae, Hemerobiidae + (Chrysopidae + (Polystoechotidae + Rapismatidae)), are recovered in phylogenetic analyses with high supports.

Keywords:

• Hemerobius spodipennis
• mitochondrial genome
• Hemerobiidae
• phylogenetic relationships

Acknowledgements

In particular, we thank Dr. Yunpeng Gai from Zhejiang University for his valuable contributions in technical support.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, reference number MT268963.

Additional information

Funding

This research was supported by the Exploratory and Innovation Project of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Project No. ZY (17) 2005).