The complete mitochondrial genome of Myrmeleon immanis Walker, 1853 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Myrmeleon immanis Walker, 1853 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) has been obtained with PCR, which is a circular molecule of 15,802 bp in length, contains 37 typical mitochondrial genes: 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs and a non-coding AT-rich region. The nucleotide composition is biased toward A and T as in most other insects. The A + T content of the whole genome, PCGs, tRNAs, rRNAs and the control region is 75.6%, 74.3%, 73.6%, 76.2%, 79.6%. All PCGs start with a typical ATN codon except for the COI which uses ACG as its start codon; all PCGs terminate in the common stop codon TAA or TAG, except for the COI, COII which use single T as their stop codons.

• Mitochondrial genome
• Myrmeleon immanis
• Myrmeleontidae

Acknowledgements

The authors thank the research group of Wanzhi Cai for their assistance in the laboratory work.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are also responsible for the content and writing of this article. The researching is supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (31272353) and Chinese Universities Scientific Fund (2014QT004).

Notice of Correction:

The version of this article published online ahead of print on 10 Sept 2014 contained an error. Xinli L. Wang should have been written as Xinli Wang. The error has been corrected for this version.