The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of Aedes vigilax (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genomes of two main clades of the medically significant saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax Skuse (Diptera: Culicidae) were obtained using combined Illumina and Sanger sequencing. The two 15,877 bp circular genomes share 99.0% nucleotide identity and encode 37 genes with identical gene arrangement similar to previously published Culicidae species with a non-coding A + T rich region between rns and tRNA-Ile. Protein initiation codon is ATN apart from ND5 (GTG) and COX1 (TCG). Eight protein-coding genes encode full TAA stop codon, while five are completed by mRNA polyadenylation. Typical cloverleaf structures containing DHU and TΨC stem and loops can be inferred for all 22 tRNAs.

• Arbovirus vector
• next generation sequencing
• saltmarsh mosquito

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Lars Jermiin (CSIRO) for assistance with phylogenetic analyses.

Declaration of interest

The authors acknowledge funding support provided by the Australian Government and the CSIRO Biosecurity Flagship. The authors declare no conflict of interest.