The complete mitochondrial genome of Batocera rubus Linnaeus, 1785 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Abstract

Batocera rubus severely impacts on the health of banyan trees. In this study, the whole mitochondrial genome for B. rubus was found to be 16,158 bp with a GC content of 23.9%, including 39.1% A, 37.0% T, 14.8% C, and 9.1% G. This genome contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, and two rRNAs. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that B. rubus is close to Batocera celebiana. This study provides valuable information that can help improve the classification and phylogeny of B. rubus and facilitate further evolutionary studies.

Keywords:

• Mitogenome
• Cerambycidae
• phylogenetic analysis

Author contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Songqing-Wu. Performed the experiments: Rong Deng, Bowei Zhou, Yiqi Lin, and Xianyun Lin. Analyzed the data: Yunzhu Sun. Wrote the paper: Rong Deng. All authors are involved: final approval of the version to be published. All authors agreed to take responsibility for all aspects of the work.

Ethical approval

The material involved in the article does not involve ethical conflicts. This study was permitted by the Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, FAFU, China. All collection and sequencing work were strictly executed under local legislation and related laboratory regulations to protect wild resources.

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data supporting this study’s findings are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under assessment number OM161963. The associated BioProject, Bio-Sample, and SRA numbers are PRJNA796453, SAMN24860787, and SRR17574369, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Forestry Innovation Class Talent Training Model Project under Grant number [111420006].