The mitochondrial genome of Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby, 1837) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and its phylogenetic analyses

Abstract

The mitogenome of Dendroctonus rufipennis is a circular molecule of 16,547 bp which consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region (GenBank accession no. NC_063906). All of 13 PCGs initiate with the standard start codon of ATN. Most PCGs used the typical stop codon ‘TAA’ or ‘TAG’, only nad5 terminated with incomplete stop codon (TA). Phylogenetic analyses within the Scolytinae were performed based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial PCGs. The topology showed that D. rufipennis, D. valens, and Tomicus piniperda formed a clade, and also clustered together with Hylastes opacus, H. attenuatus, H. brunneus, and H. ater. This indicated that there is a close genetic relationship between these species.

Keywords:

• Hylurgini
• mitogenome
• phylogenetic relationship

Author contributions

Rui Meng: the originator of the conception and design, original draft preparation. Hu Tian: the conception and design, analysis and interpretation of the data. Wei Lin: the conception and design, analysis and interpretation of the data. Yi-Xin Huang: the conception and design, analysis and interpretation of the data. Bo Cai: the conception and design, the final approval of the version to be published. All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Ethics statement

The study involved only a common forest pest without any endangered or protect species. Therefore, no specific permits were required.

Disclosure statement

We declare that we do not have any commercial or associative interest that represents a conflict of interest in connection with the work submitted.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/, reference number NC_063906. The associated BioProject, Bio-Sample numbers, and SRA are PRJNA874168, SAMN30527013, and SRR21245983, respectively.

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Funding

This study was supported by the Hainan Major Science and Technology Project [ZDKJ2021016]; Key Research and Development Program of Hainan. [ZDYF2020088]; and Hainan Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund Project [319QN334].