The complete mitochondrial genome of Propsilocerus akamusi (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Qingji Zhang; Wenbin Xu; Kai Peng; Lianghua Zou; Ying Li; Ye Chen; Yongjiu Cai; Zhijun Gong

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1688703

The complete mitochondrial genome of Propsilocerus akamusi (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Nov 12;4(2):3983-3984. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1688703.

Authors

Qingji Zhang^{1

2}, Wenbin Xu², Kai Peng¹, Lianghua Zou¹, Ying Li¹, Ye Chen¹, Yongjiu Cai¹, Zhijun Gong¹

Affiliations

¹ State key laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
² School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

Propsilocerus akamusi is one of the most important genera of Chironomidae. However, the systemically classification and taxonomic studies have so far been limited. In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of P. akamusi. The mitogenome has 15,632 base pairs (77.58% A + T content) and made up of total of 37 genes (13 protein-coding, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs). This study will provide useful genetic information for future phylogenetic and taxonomic classification of Chironomidae.

Keywords: Chironomidae; Propsilocerus akamusi; mitochondrial genome.