Abstract

Beetle genus Mylabris (Meloidae) was described by Fabricius (1775) and had been well known due to its relevance to traditional medicine (e.g., cantharidin production). Here, we sequenced and annotated the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Mylabris calida, one of species within Mylabris. This mitogenome was 15,149 bp long and encoded 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs) and two ribosomal RNA unit genes (rRNAs). All 13 PCGs were initiated by the ATN (ATG, ATT and ATA) codon. All PCGs terminated with the stop codon TAA or TAG except for cox1, cox2, nad5 and nad4 which end with the incomplete codon T—. Phylogenetic analysis showed that M. calida got together with the same genus species Mylabris sp., M. aulica and three Hycleus species (H. cichorii, H. phaleratus and H. marcipoli), indicating Mylabris has a closer relationship with Hycleus than other genera within Meloidae.

摘要

甲壳虫（Mylabris）（Meloidae）由Fabricius（1775）描述，由于其与传统医学的相关性（例如，番茄黄素生产）而广为人知。在这里，我们测序和注释的线粒体基因组（线粒体基因）斑蝥芫，中品种之一斑蝥。该有丝分裂基因组长15149 bp，编码13个蛋白质编码基因（PCG），22个转移RNA基因（tRNA）和两个核糖体RNA单位基因（rRNA）。所有13个PCG均由ATN（ATG，ATT和ATA）密码子启动。除cox1，cox2，nad5和nad4外，所有PCG均以终止密码子TAA或TAG终止以不完整的密码子T-结尾。系统发育分析表明，M.芫与相同属物种一起得到了斑蝥属，M. aulica和三个Hycleus物种（H.将菊苣，H. phaleratus和H. marcipoli），表明斑蝥具有更紧密的关系Hycleus比其他属在Meloidae。