Complete mitochondrial genomes of two water mite species: Hygrobates (H.) longiporus and Hygrobates (rivobates) taniguchii (Acari, Trombidiformes, Hygrobatoidea)

Abstract

We determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two water mites, Hygrobates (Hygrobates) longiporus and H. (Rivobates) taniguchii. The length of the entire mitogenome of these two species is 13,721 bp and 13,770 bp long, respectively. Both of them contain 13 proteins, two rRNAs, and 22 tRNAs for a total of 37 gene products. The gene order of Hygrobates is almost identical to the two species of Unionicola we included in the analysis, with some difference in the position of transfer RNA genes. Phylogenetic analyses highly support these Hygrobates species form a clade with other species of the Hygrobatoidea.

Keywords:

• Trombidiformes
• Hygrobates
• Hygrobatoidea
• water mite
• complete mitogenome

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 are openly available in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database (NCBI/GenBank) at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, accession numbers LC552026 and LC552027.

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Funding

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI [grant number 17K07271], [grant number 18K06392].