The complete mitochondrial genome of Chlorogomphus shanicus Wilson, 2002 (Anisoptera: Chlorogomphidae), an endemic species in South China

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Chlorogomphus shanicus Wilson, 2002 was reported, and the maximum-likelihood (ML) phylogenetic tree was constructed using 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs). The total length of the mitogenome of C. shanicus was 15,497 bp. Twelve PCGs started with ATN codons, except cox1 began with TTG codon. Most transfer RNA genes (tRNAs) were predicted to fold in a typical cloverleaf structure, except the trnS1 (gct), which lacked a dihydrouridine arm that had been simplified to a loop. The phylogenetic tree showed that Anisoptera was split into two clades, and revealed that C. shanicus was closely related to Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) which is endemic to Europe.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• Chlorogomphus shanicus
• phylogenetic tree
• protein-coding genes

Acknowledgements

We sincerely thank Dr. Henri J. Dumont and Dr. Eric Zeus Rizo for their valuable reading and comments. And we thank Zhenqi Wu, Jinwei Liang, and Jiancheng Liang for their help in field work.

Author contributions

Haojie Wang: conceptualization, fieldwork, analysis, and writing-original draft. Lu Wang: methodology, analysis, and writing-review. Jian Liao and Bo-Ping Han: conceptualization, supervision, and writing-review and editing. All authors approve the published version of the manuscript, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Ethical approval

This study includes no endangered animals and does not require ethical approval to collect samples.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The genome sequence data that supported the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ under the accession no. OP572413. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA886846, SRR21799098, and SAMN31143302, respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This study was supported by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for Undergraduates of Jinan University [20220435] and the National Natural Science Foundation of China [32171538].