The validity of the subspecies, Teinopalpus aureus wuyiensis Lee, from complete mitochondrial genome

Zou Wu; Huang Chao-Bin; Wang Lu; Jiang Meng-Na; Zhou Shan-Yi; Zhang Jiang-Tao; Zeng Ju-Ping

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1960214

The validity of the subspecies, Teinopalpus aureus wuyiensis Lee, from complete mitochondrial genome

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Aug 9;6(9):2589-2591. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1960214. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Zou Wu^{1

2}, Huang Chao-Bin³, Wang Lu^{1

2}, Jiang Meng-Na^{1

2}, Zhou Shan-Yi³, Zhang Jiang-Tao^{1

2}, Zeng Ju-Ping^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Key laboratory of National Forestry and Grass and Administration on Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed, College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, PR China.
² Jiulianshan Forest Ecosystem Observation Station, Longnan, PR China.
³ Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, PR China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome (mtgenome) was determined from the emerged-pupa shell (Noninvasive sampling) of T. aureus wuyiensis Lee. It was 15,234 base pairs in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and a control region. By taking Meandrusa sciron and Teinopalpus imperialis as outgroups, a maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree was constructed among five geographical populations of Teinopalpus aureus based on 13 PCGs and two rRNA genes. Our results showed that the WYS, MHS and PS populations, locating at or closing to Wuyishan Mountain-range, were in one cluster; while the JLS (locating at Nanling Mountain-range) and DYS (locating at Dayaoshan Mountain closing to Nanling Mountain-range) populations belonged to another cluster. It supported well the subspecies of T. aureus wuyiensis, and suggested that the genetic relationship between T. a. guangxiensis and the nominal subspecies of T. a. aureus were closer enough to combine into one subspecies.

Keywords: Subspecies validity; intraspecific taxonomy; maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree; molecular evidence; noninvasive sampling.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31160430; 31760640] and partly supported by ‘Biodiversity Survey and Assessment [2019HJ2096001006]’ and ‘Open Fund of PYHKF Key Laboratory [PYHKF-2020-03]’ project.