Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a Beekeeping Pest

Véronique Duquesne; Aurélie Delcont; Anthéa Huleux; Véronique Beven; Fabrice Touzain; Magali Ribière-Chabert

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01165-17

Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a Beekeeping Pest

Genome Announc. 2017 Nov 2;5(44):e01165-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01165-17.

Authors

Véronique Duquesne¹, Aurélie Delcont², Anthéa Huleux², Véronique Beven³, Fabrice Touzain³, Magali Ribière-Chabert²

Affiliations

¹ Anses, Laboratory of Sophia-Antipolis, European Reference Laboratory for Honey Bee Health, Honey Bee Pathology Unit, Sophia-Antipolis, France veronique.duquesne@anses.fr.
² Anses, Laboratory of Sophia-Antipolis, European Reference Laboratory for Honey Bee Health, Honey Bee Pathology Unit, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
³ Anses, Laboratory of Ploufragan, Unit of Viral Genetics and Biosafety, Ploufragan, France.

Abstract

We report here the full mitochondrial genome sequence of Aethina tumida, a Nitidulidae species beetle, that is a pest of bee hives. The obtained sequence is 16,576 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNAs.