Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae)

Yi Yan; Na Zhang; Xinran Wu; Kai Liu; Chenglin Liu; Lixia Xie

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1717393

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 27;5(1):885-886. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1717393.

Authors

Yi Yan¹, Na Zhang¹, Xinran Wu¹, Kai Liu¹, Chenglin Liu¹, Lixia Xie¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Taian, China.

Abstract

In this study, we recovered the complete mitochondrial genome of Stratiolaelaps scimitus through Illumina sequencing data. The circularized mitogenome is 16,009 in length, which consists of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes). The overall base composition is 35.4% for A, 40.1% for T, 16.8% for G, 7.7% for C, demonstrating an extreme bias of high AT content (75.5%). The whole mitogenome of S. scimitus and other Acari mitogenomes (10 species, in total) were used for phylogenetic analysis, and the result showed that the relationship of S. scimitus was close to Varroa destructor in the same Superfamily Dermanyssoidea.

Keywords: Dermanyssoidea; Mesostigmata; gene order; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31970401; 31501847] and National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China [2018FY100300].