The complete mitochondrial genome of Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862) (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Jonghyun Park; Hong Xi; Jongsun Park

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1698356

The complete mitochondrial genome of Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862) (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 11;5(1):147-149. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1698356.

Authors

Jonghyun Park^{1

2}, Hong Xi^{1

2}, Jongsun Park^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ InfoBoss Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² InfoBoss Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1867) is a dolichoderine ant found in the warm regions of Asia and Australia. We have determined the mitochondrial genome of O. glaber whose length is 16,259 bp including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and a single large control region. The base composition was AT-biased (GC ratio is 17.8%). Gene order of O. glaber is identical to other species of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Phylogenetic trees show that O. glaber is nested in other mitochondrial genomes of tribe Leptomyrmecini, implying the neotropical genera are ancestral to Australian genera such as Ochetellus.

Keywords: Dolichoderinae; Formicidae; Korea; Ochetellus glaber; mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by both InfoBoss Research Grant [IBG-0017] and Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development [Project No. PJ013389052019], Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.