The complete mitochondrial genome of Palomena viridissima (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Wen-Ting Chen; Li-Jun Zhang; Ya Cao; Ming-Long Yuan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1909442

The complete mitochondrial genome of Palomena viridissima (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 8;6(4):1326-1327. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1909442.

Authors

Wen-Ting Chen^{1

2

3}, Li-Jun Zhang^{1

3

4}, Ya Cao^{1

3

4}, Ming-Long Yuan^{1

2

3

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Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
² National Demonstration Center for Experimental Grassland Science Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
³ College of Pastoral Agricultural Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
⁴ Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Lanzhou, China.

Abstract

Here, we sequenced and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Palomena viridissima (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). This mitogenome was 15,118 bp long, comprising of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rrnL and rrnS) and a large non-coding control region. The P. viridissima mitogenome with an A + T content of 76.0%, presented a positive AT-skew (0.11) and a negative GC-skew (-0.13). Ten PCGs started with a typical ATN codon, two PCGs started with TTG (atp8, nad1), whereas the remaining one used AAC (cox1). All tRNAs had a typical secondary cloverleaf structure, except for trnS1 which lacked the dihydrouridine arm. The Bayesian phylogenetic analysis based on mitogenomic data supported a sister relationship of P. viridissima and Nezara viridula from the same tribe Nezarini and recovered a phylogeny of Pentatominae: (Menidini + (Strachiini + (Pentatomini + ((Cappaeini + Halyini) + (Eysarcorini + (Nezarini + Carpocori)))))).

Keywords: Insects; Pentatominae; mitochondrial DNA; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This study was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province [20JR5RA252], the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT_17R50] and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Lanzhou University [20200010004].