The complete mitochondrial genome of Tambocerus sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Tambocerus sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Zhejiang and Anhui provinces of China was sequenced. The total length of the mitogenome is 15 955 bp (GenBank accession no. KT827824) and consists of 22 transfer RNAs, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs and 1 control region. The base composition of the heavy strand for A, T, C, and G is 41.39, 35.02, 14.00, and 9.59%, respectively. All of the protein-coding genes (PCGs) start with ATN. Five protein-coding genes use TAA as stop codons, four use TAG as stop codons, and others use incomplete stop codons ‘‘T––’’ or ‘‘TA–’’. The control region has a length of 1581 bp which is between rrnS and trnI genes with the AT content high to 85.96%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Tambocerus sp. was clustered in a closely related subgroup with Homalodisca vitripennis and Empoasca vitis. This is consistent with the result of the traditional taxonomy.

• Cicadellidae
• mitochondrial
• phylogeny analysis
• Tambocerus sp.

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Professor Ping Cai (Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China) for insect identification.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This study was supported by National Program on Key Basic Research Project (973 Program) (2013CB127600) and a grant of the Educational Department of Zhejiang Province (Y201329611) and a grant of university student innovation and pioneering work of Zhejiang Province (2014R409056).