The complete mitochondrial genome of the assassin bug Sycanus croceovittatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the assassin bug, Sycanus croceovittatus, was sequenced and analyzed in the present study. This mitogenome spans 15,644 bp in size with a high A + T content (71.7%), containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a putative control region. All protein-coding genes are initiated by ATN codons expect ND1 use GTG as start codons and terminated with TAG or TAA, expect COX3 use a single T–– residue as the stop codon. All tRNAs have the typical clover-leaf like structures except for tRNA^Ser(AGN). A phylogenetic analysis of S. croceovittatus and 33 other assassin bugs is also presented using 13 protein-coding genes and 2 rRNA genes. The result supports the monophyly of Harpactorinae and the sister relationship between S. croceovittatus and Agriosphodrus dohrni.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• Heteroptera
• Reduviidae
• Sycanus croceovittatus

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study will be available in GenBank at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, Accession number MT535605.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Zhaotong Expert Workstation under Grant 2019ZTYX03 and a grant from the Chinese National Tobacco Corporation of Science and Technology, Major Project funding (No. 110201801023[LS-02]).