The mitochondrial genome of Leptopeza flavipes (Diptera: Empididae)

Yue Liu; Mengqing Wang; NaiZhong Chen; Ding Yang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1788458

The mitochondrial genome of Leptopeza flavipes (Diptera: Empididae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 23;5(3):2942-2943. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1788458.

Authors

Yue Liu^{1

2}, Mengqing Wang³, NaiZhong Chen², Ding Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
² Institute of Equipment Technology, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, China.
³ Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

Abstract

The dance fly Leptopeza flavipes belongs to the subfamily Ocydromiinae of Empididae. The mitogenome (GenBank accession number: MT610901) of L. flavipes was sequenced, the new representative of the mitogenome of the subfamily. The nearly complete mitogenome is 15,267 bp totally, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs and 22 transfer RNAs. All genes have similar locations and strands with that of other published species of Empididae. The nucleotide composition biases toward A and T, which together made up 78.1％of the entirety. Bayesian inference analysis strongly supported the monophyly of Empidoidea, Empididae and Dolichopodidae. It is clear that the phylogenetic relationship within Empidoidea: (Dolichopodinae + Neurigoninae) + ((Empidinae + (Trichopezinae + Oreogetoninae)) + Ocydromiinae) in this study.

Keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Ocydromiinae; phylogenetics.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31970444], [grant number 31772497].