The complete mitochondrial genome of Cosmoscarata bispecularis (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cercopoidea, Cercopidae)

Abstract

To characterize froghopper mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) features, in this study, the mitochondrial genome of Cosmoscarata bispecularis (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cercopoidea, Cercopidae) was sequenced and annotated. The complete genome is 15,426 bp in length. It contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and a control region (A + T-rich region). All the PCGs initiate with the standard start codons ATN and all the tRNAs can be folded into typical cloverleaf secondary structures except tRNA^Ser(GCT), which only formed a simple loop. The control region is consisted of 861 bp bases located between the srRNA gene and the tRNA^lle–tRNA^Gln–tRNA^Met(IQM) gene cluster. The measure of complete mitogenome sequence of C. bispecularis will provide fundamental data for the phylogenetic and biogeographic studies of the Cercopoidea and Hemiptera.

Keywords:

• Cercopoidea
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Cosmoscarata bispecularis

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (grant no. 2011CB302102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 31172128, 31372249) and the National Science Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research (Special subjects in animal taxonomy, NSFC- J1210002).