The complete mitochondrial genome of a ground beetle Synuchus nitidus (Carabidae: Harpalinae: Sphodrini) from South Korea

Autor: Dooyoung Kim, Gyeongmin Kim, Cho Rong Shin, Bia Park, Eun Hwa Choi, Ui Wook Hwang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp 711-715 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 23802359
2380-2359
DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2361689
Popis: The ground beetle Synuchus nitidus (Motschulsky, 1861) (Carabidae: Harpalinae: Sphodrini) is one of the most common species in the forests of South Korea, which has the potential to be utilized as an environmental indicator. Here, we characterized the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of S. nitidus, which is the first in the harpaline tribe Sphodrini. Its genome is 16,392 bp in length and composed of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and an A + T rich region. In addition, we reconstructed a maximum likelihood tree to elucidate the phylogenetic position of Sphodrini among the seven harpaline tribes using nucleotide sequences of the 13 PCGs. The ML tree supported a monophyletic clade of the subfamily Harpalinae and showed a close relationship between Sphodrini and Lebinii with a low bootstrap value. The complete mitogenome of S. nitidus could be helpful for molecular species identification and exploring phylogenetic relationships among carabids.
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