The complete mitochondrial genome of the cavity-nesting honeybee, Apis koschevnikovi (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Takeshi Wakamiya; Salim Tingek; Hisashi Okuyama; Takuya Kiyoshi; Jun-Ichi Takahashi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1275847

The complete mitochondrial genome of the cavity-nesting honeybee, Apis koschevnikovi (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Jan 17;2(1):24-25. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1275847.

Authors

Takeshi Wakamiya¹, Salim Tingek², Hisashi Okuyama¹, Takuya Kiyoshi³, Jun-Ichi Takahashi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
² Agriculture Research Station Tenom, Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia.
³ Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of the cavity-nesting honeybee, A. koschevnikovi. The mitochondrial genome of A. koschevnikovi was observed to be a circular molecule of 15,278 bp and was similar to that of the other cavity-nesting honeybee species. The average AT content in the A. koschevnikovi mitochondrial genome was 84%. It was predicted to contain 13 protein-coding, 24 tRNA and two rRNA genes, along with one A + T-rich control region, besides three tRNA-Met repeats.

Keywords: Apis koschevnikovi; Asian honeybee; Borneo; Illumina sequencing; conservation.