Sequencing and characterization of the Megachile strupigera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) mitochondrial genome

Dunyuan Huang; Tianjuan Su; Bo He; Ping Gu; Ai-Ping Liang; Chaodong Zhu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1166078

Sequencing and characterization of the Megachile strupigera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) mitochondrial genome

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Apr 12;1(1):282-284. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1166078.

Authors

Dunyuan Huang^{1

2}, Tianjuan Su¹, Bo He², Ping Gu², Ai-Ping Liang¹, Chaodong Zhu¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution (CAS), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
² Jiangxi Environmental Engineering Vocational College, Ganzhou, China.

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Megachile strupigera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Megachilinae) was determined in our study. The sequenced region is 15,193 bp with an A + T content of 83.44%, including 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs and 19 transfer RNAs. All PCGs are initiated by typical ATN codons and stop with the complete termination codon TAA, except for nad3 gene, which has an incomplete stop codon T. Bayesian method supported the monophyly of both Megachilidae and Apoidea. And within the Apoidea, Apidae and Megachilidae formed a sister clade to Colletidae.

Keywords: Hymenoptera; Megachile strupigera; Megachilidae; Megachilinae; mitochondrial genome.