Complete mitochondrial genome of a leaf-mining beetle, Rhadinosa nigrocyanea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with phylogenetic consideration

Qingyun Guo; Jiasheng Xu; Xiaohua Dai; Chengqing Liao; Chengpeng Long

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1357443

Complete mitochondrial genome of a leaf-mining beetle, Rhadinosa nigrocyanea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with phylogenetic consideration

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Jul 25;2(2):446-448. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1357443.

Authors

Qingyun Guo¹, Jiasheng Xu¹, Xiaohua Dai^{1

2}, Chengqing Liao¹, Chengpeng Long¹

Affiliations

¹ Leafminer Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, China.
² National Navel-Orange Engineering Research Center, Ganzhou, China.

Abstract

The complete circular mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Rhadinosa nigrocyanea was 17,965 bp in length, which contained 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) and 1 non-coding AT-rich region with the length of 3002 bp. All of the 22 tRNA genes displayed a typical clover-leaf structure, with the exception of tRNA^Ser (TCT). 12 PCGs were initiated by ATN codons, except for ND1 started with TTG. Only six PCGs used the typical stop codon 'TAA' and 'TGA', while seven PCGs terminated with incomplete stop codons (TA or T). Phylogenetic analysis showed that R. nigrocyanea grouped with Cassidinae species, sister to Clytrinae + Cryptocephalinae.

Keywords: Coleoptera; Leaf-mining beetle; Rhadinosa nigrocyanea; mitochondrial genome; molecular phylogeny.