The mitogenome of the true bug Nysius cymoides (Insecta, Heteroptera) and the phylogeny of Lygaeoidea

Antonio Carapelli; Claudia Brunetti; Claudio Cucini; Elena Cardaioli; Abir Soltani; Moez Amri; Jouda Mediouni Ben Jemâa; Pietro Paolo Fanciulli; Francesco Nardi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1951139

The mitogenome of the true bug Nysius cymoides (Insecta, Heteroptera) and the phylogeny of Lygaeoidea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jul 15;6(8):2366-2368. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1951139. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Antonio Carapelli¹, Claudia Brunetti¹, Claudio Cucini¹, Elena Cardaioli¹, Abir Soltani^{2

3}, Moez Amri⁴, Jouda Mediouni Ben Jemâa³, Pietro Paolo Fanciulli¹, Francesco Nardi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
² Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Carthage University, Tunis, Tunisia.
³ LR11INRAT06 Laboratory of Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Institute of Tunisia (INRAT), Carthage University, Tunis, Tunisia.
⁴ AgroBioSciences (AgBS), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Ben Guerir, Morocco.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the true bug (Homoptera) Nysius cymoides (Spinola, 1837) is herein described and used for phylogenetic comparison with other species of Lygaeoidea. The mtDNA has a gene order and other molecular features typically observed in hexapods, and a long A + T-rich region, due to the occurrence of several repeat units. The phylogenetic analyses support the monophyly of all families except Rhyparochromidae.

Keywords: Lygaeoidea; Pest insects; mitogenomics; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the University of Siena.