The complete mitochondrial genome of Palomena viridissima (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

Here, we sequenced and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Palomena viridissima (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). This mitogenome was 15,118 bp long, comprising of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rrnL and rrnS) and a large non-coding control region. The P. viridissima mitogenome with an A + T content of 76.0%, presented a positive AT-skew (0.11) and a negative GC-skew (-0.13). Ten PCGs started with a typical ATN codon, two PCGs started with TTG (atp8, nad1), whereas the remaining one used AAC (cox1). All tRNAs had a typical secondary cloverleaf structure, except for trnS1 which lacked the dihydrouridine arm. The Bayesian phylogenetic analysis based on mitogenomic data supported a sister relationship of P. viridissima and Nezara viridula from the same tribe Nezarini and recovered a phylogeny of Pentatominae: (Menidini + (Strachiini + (Pentatomini + ((Cappaeini + Halyini) + (Eysarcorini + (Nezarini + Carpocori)))))).

Keywords:

• Insects
• mitochondrial DNA
• Pentatominae
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under the accession no NC_050166.

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Funding

This study was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province [20JR5RA252], the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT_17R50] and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Lanzhou University [20200010004].