Complete mitochondrial genome of Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) is reported. This mitogenome (GenBank accession no. OL675411) is 16,600 bp in size and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA). Most PCGs use typical mitochondrial stop codon (TAR) except for cox3, which uses a single T residue. The A, G, T, and C nucleotide base composition of the mitogenome is 40.61%, 7.66%, 40.34%, and 11.39%, respectively. The phylogenetic analyses recovered the monophyly of Aleocharinae.

Keywords:

• Aleocharinae
• mitogenome
• rove beetle

Author contributions

In this study, Chan-Jun Lee and Ji-Wook Kim analyzed the phylogeny and wrote the result part of the article. Jeesoo Yi, Yeon-Jae Choi, and Mi-Jeong Jeon collected specimens and wrote the introduction part. Sangil Kim analyzed the sequence data and polished the paper. Jong-Seok Park and Sung-Jin Cho contributed conceptualization of this study, funding acquisition, writing/revising of the manuscript, and approval of the final version. All authors have read and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

Mitochondrial genome sequence that supports the findings of this study is openly available in GenBank of NCBI at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under the accession number OL675411. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA820532, SRX14629784, and SAMN27014688 respectively. FAIRsharing DOI for data repositories is 10.25504/FAIRsharing.99sey6. All samples are stored in CBNUIC (Jong-Seok Park Ph.D, [email protected]). No applicable regulation or permission is needed for this study, which is related to any ethical issues.

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Funding

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea [NIBR202104103 and NIBR202130202].