The complete mitochondrial genome of the jewel beetle Coraebus cavifrons (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Liangming Cao; Xiaoyi Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1636730

The complete mitochondrial genome of the jewel beetle Coraebus cavifrons (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Jul 12;4(2):2407-2408. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1636730.

Authors

Liangming Cao¹, Xiaoyi Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the jewel beetle, Coraebus cavifrons, was sequenced and described in the present study. The mitogenome of Coraebus cavifrons is a typical circular DNA molecule of 15,686 bp. All of the 37 mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes) were annotated and a putative control region with 1135 bp in length was found between tRNA^Ile and srRNA. Protein-coding genes all initiate with ATN codons except for COII uses GTG. Most of the protein-coding genes use TAA or TAG as the stop codon, but COII, COIII, and ND5 terminate with a single T. All tRNAs have the clover-leaf structure except for tRNA^Ser(AGN) and the length of them range from 60 to 71 bp. Genome organization and nucleotide composition of the mitogenome were also noted. Our phylogenetic analysis of Elateriformia supported the monophyly of Buprestoidea and the sister relationship between Buprestoidea and (Byrrhoidea + Elateroidea).

Keywords: Buprestidae; Coraebus cavifrons; Elateriformia; Mitochondrial genome.