Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Cerogria popularis Borchmann, 1936 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Abstract

In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Cerogria popularis Borchmann, 1936 based on the Illumina platform. The circular DNA molecule is 16,175 bp in size, including the 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes and a non-coding control region. All 37 genes are arranged in the same order as the previously reported most mitogenomes of Tenebrionidae. All PCGs initiate with standard start codon ATN (ATA/T/G/C) except cox1 with the special start codon AAT. Most PCGs terminate with TAA/G, whereas cox1, atp6, nad5, and nad4 end with its incomplete form T-. All the 22 tRNAs have the typical clover-leaf structure except for trnS1. The rrnL and rrnS genes are 1,250 and 737 bp in length, with an AT content of 82.6 and 84.5%, respectively. The phylogenetic tree supports the monophyly of the included tenebrionid subfamilies represented by more than one species. Furthermore, the sister relationship between Lagriinae and other tenebrionid subfamilies is recovered.

Keywords:

• Mitogenome
• phylogenetic analysis
• Lagriinae

Ethical approval

Experiments were performed following the recommendations of the Ethics Committee of Guizhou Academy of Forestry. These policies were enacted according to the Chinese Association for the Laboratory Animal Sciences and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols.

Disclosure statement

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

Author contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Kai Hu and Jiansheng Qiu. Performed the experiments: Tongtong Liu and Yuekai Wu. Analyzed the data: Kai Hu. Wrote the paper: Tongtong Liu and Jiansheng Qiu. Helped to proofread the paper: Kai Hu and Yuekai Wu. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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. MZ699994. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA763012, SRR15890679, and SAMN21419663, respectively.

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Funding

This study was supported by the Science and Technology Support Program of Guizhou Province (QKHZC [2019] 2309), the Project of Guizhou Science and Technology Platform and Talent Team Under Grant (QKHPTRC [2016] 5669), and the Forestry Science and Technology Research Project of Guizhou Forestry Bureau (QLKH [2018] 04).