The complete mitochondrial genome of the Colletes gigas (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Colletinae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Colletes gigas (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) is determined to be 15,885 bp in length, containing 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes: 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and a major non-coding AT-rich region. All PCGs initiate with typical ATN codons and end with the complete termination codon TAA, except for the cob gene, which harbors the stop codon of TAG. Twenty-four intergenic spacers (614 bp in total) and 7 overlapping regions (37 bp in total) are dispersed throughout the whole genome. The non-coding AT-rich region is 539 bp long and contains a tandem repeat region, which has also been reported in other insects. This is the first completely sequenced mitochondrial genome of the family Colletidae.

Keywords:

• Colletes gigas
• Colletidae
• Colletinae
• complete mitochondrial genome
• Hymenoptera

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. J1211002) and the Science and Technology Research Project from Education Department of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 14805). The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article, and report no conflicts of interest.