The complete mitochondrial genome of the non-biting midge Chironomus yoshimatsui (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Kyoshiro Hiki; Kenta Oka; Nobuyoshi Nakajima; Hiroshi Yamamoto; Takahiro Yamagishi; Yoshio Sugaya

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1975511

The complete mitochondrial genome of the non-biting midge Chironomus yoshimatsui (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Sep 20;6(10):2995-2996. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1975511. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Kyoshiro Hiki¹, Kenta Oka¹, Nobuyoshi Nakajima², Hiroshi Yamamoto¹, Takahiro Yamagishi¹, Yoshio Sugaya¹

Affiliations

¹ Health and Environmental Risk Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
² Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Abstract

A non-biting midge Chironomus yoshimatsui has been widely used in ecotoxicology and chemical risk assessments. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of C. yoshimatsui was determined using short-read next-generation sequencing technologies. The mitogenome was 15,734 bp in length and consisted of 13 protein coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and 22 transfer RNAs. The A + T content was 77.8%. The gene order was identical to the pattern conserved across Diptera. The mitocgenome sequence obtained in this study provides a useful resource for further evolutionary and ecological studies.

Keywords: Chironomidae; Diptera; Midge; mitogenome; next-generation sequencing.