Complete mitochondrial genome of Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Chan-Jun Lee; Ji-Wook Kim; Jeesoo Yi; Yeon-Jae Choi; Sangil Kim; Mi-Jeong Jeon; Jong-Seok Park; Sung-Jin Cho

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2167472

Complete mitochondrial genome of Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Jan 24;8(1):161-163. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2167472. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Chan-Jun Lee¹, Ji-Wook Kim¹, Jeesoo Yi¹, Yeon-Jae Choi¹, Sangil Kim^{2

3}, Mi-Jeong Jeon⁴, Jong-Seok Park¹, Sung-Jin Cho¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.
² Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
³ School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) is reported. This mitogenome (GenBank accession no. OL675411) is 16,600 bp in size and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA). Most PCGs use typical mitochondrial stop codon (TAR) except for cox3, which uses a single T residue. The A, G, T, and C nucleotide base composition of the mitogenome is 40.61%, 7.66%, 40.34%, and 11.39%, respectively. The phylogenetic analyses recovered the monophyly of Aleocharinae.

Keywords: Aleocharinae; mitogenome; rove beetle.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea [NIBR202104103 and NIBR202130202].