The mitochondrial genome of Xanthochlorus tibetensis (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

Juan Wang; Yutong Ji; Lisheng Zhang; Mengqing Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1872444

The mitochondrial genome of Xanthochlorus tibetensis (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 12;6(2):515-516. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1872444.

Authors

Juan Wang¹, Yutong Ji¹, Lisheng Zhang¹, Mengqing Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

Abstract

The long-legged fly Xanthochlorus tibetensis belongs to the subfamily Xanthochlorinae of Dolichopodidae. The mitogenome of X. tibetensis was sequenced, it is the first representative complete mitogenome from this subfamily. This mitogenome is 15,580 bp in size, includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and two ribosomal RNAs. All genes have the same location and coding strand as in other published species of Dolichopodidae. Nucleotide composition is biased toward A and T, which together made up 77.6% of the entire genome. Bayesian inference strongly supported the monophyly of Empidoidea, Empididae and Dolichopodidae, with the phylogenetic relationships within Empidoidea: ((Dolichopodinae + Xanthochlorinae) + Neurigoninae) + ((Trichopezinae + (Empidinae + Oreogetoninae)) + Ocydromiinae).

Keywords: Dolichopodidae; Mitochondrial genome; Xanthochlorinae; phylogenetics.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [31672326, 32011530073] and National Key Research and Minister of Science and Technology of the P.R. China [2016YFE0203100].