The complete mitochondrial genome of the stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Yi Guo; Junjian Xiao; Dunsong Li; Juan Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1981169

The complete mitochondrial genome of the stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Sep 27;6(10):3085-3086. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1981169. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Yi Guo¹, Junjian Xiao², Dunsong Li¹, Juan Wang³

Affiliations

¹ Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ College of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China.

Abstract

The predatory stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata belongs to the subfamily Asopinae of Pentatomidae. In the current study, the complete mitochondrial genome of E. furcellata is determined. This mitogenome is 16,085 bp in size and comprises of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. Gene order is identical to that of the putative ancestral arrangement of insects. Nucleotide composition is biased toward A and T, which together made up 75.5% of the entire genome. All tRNAs have the clover-leaf structure except for the tRNA^Ser(AGN) and the length of them ranges from 61 to 73 bp. The monophyly of Pentatomidae is highly supported by the phylogenetic tree and E. furcellata is very close to other carnivorous species of the remaining Pentatomidae species.

Keywords: Asopinae; Eocanthecona furcellata; Heteroptera; Mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Key-area Research and Development Project of Guangdong [2020B020224002] and the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA [CARS-32-13].