The complete mitochondrial genome of Nycteribia parvula Speiser, 1901 (Diptera, Nycteribiidae)

Abstract

Species of the family Nycteribiidae are blood-sucking ectoparasites that parasitize bats. To further enrich the molecular data of species in the family Nycteribiidae, the complete mitochondrial genome of Nycteribia parvula was sequenced for the first time in this study. The complete mitochondrial genome of N. parvula is 16,060 base pairs (bp) in size, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. The nucleotide contents of A, T, G, and C are respectively 40.86%, 42.19%, 6.51%, and 10.44%. The phylogenetic analysis based on 13 PCGs supports the monophyly of the family Nycteribiidae, and N. parvula is the closest relative to Phthiridium szechuanum.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• Nycteribia parvula
• Nycteribiidae
• bat fly

Author contributions

The research was designed by JT Yang, XB Huang, HJ Yang, XZ Zhang, YJ Wang, and XY Zheng. JT Yang and HJ Yang performed the research. Material preparation and data collection were performed by JT Yang, XB Huang, XZ Zhang, and YJ Wang. JT Yang, HJ Yang, and XB Huang analyzed the data. The first draft of the manuscript was written by JT Yang. XB Huang critically revised the content of the paper. All authors have read and the final manuscript approval of the version to be published; and all authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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/, reference number OP442519. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA883596, SRR21695883, and SAMN26036431, respectively.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 32001096] to Xiaobin Huang and the Science and Technology Planning Project of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology [No. 202001AT070025] to Xiaobin Huang.