The complete mitochondrial genome of Dolichopus galeatus Loew, 1871 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

Yuanyuan Wang; Guangming Liu; Jiayu Wang; Zhipeng Sun; Ning Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2262691

The complete mitochondrial genome of Dolichopus galeatus Loew, 1871 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Oct 4;8(10):1041-1044. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2262691. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yuanyuan Wang¹, Guangming Liu², Jiayu Wang³, Zhipeng Sun⁴, Ning Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Grassland Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hohhot, China.
² College of Prataculture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
³ Grassland Station of Xilin Gol League Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Xilin Gol League, China.
⁴ Grassland Station of Xilin Gol League Bordered Yellow Banner Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Xilin Gol League, China.

Abstract

The long-legged fly Dolichopus galeatus Loew, 1871 belongs to the subfamily Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). This work presents the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of D. galeatus for the first time. The mitogenome has a total length of 15,268 bp, 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs) that make up the genome. All genes have comparable positions and strands to those found in earlier reported fly mitogenomes. The nucleotide composition is tilted toward A and T, which account for 75.1% of the total. Phylogenetic approach shows that Lichtwardtia is the sister group of Dolichopus and that the Dolichopodidae are monophyletic.

Keywords: Dolichopus galeatus; Mitochondrial genome; phylogenetics.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370503, The Critical Technology Project of Inner Mongolia (2021ZD0011-2-4) and The National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (2019FY100400).