The mitochondrial genome of a social wasp, Vespa simillima simillima (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Moon-Bo Choi; Young-Ho Ha; Il-Kown Kim; Seung Hwan Oh; Chang-Jun Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1699458

The mitochondrial genome of a social wasp, Vespa simillima simillima (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 13;5(1):266-267. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1699458.

Authors

Moon-Bo Choi¹, Young-Ho Ha², Il-Kown Kim³, Seung Hwan Oh², Chang-Jun Kim²

Affiliations

¹ School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
² Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Republic of Korea.
³ Division of DMZ Native Botanic Garden, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of a social wasp, Vespa simillima simillima from South Korea prior to a systematic study on Korean Vespidae. The mitogenome is 16,740 bp in length, includes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a 228 bp short A + T-rich region. The overall base composition is 82.0% AT and 18.0% GC. The maximum-likelihood analysis suggested that V. s. simillima is closely related to V. bicolor, another species of Vespidae.

Keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Vespa simillima simillima; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by grants from Scientific Research [KNA1-1-25, 19-1] of the Korea National Arboretum.