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Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a Beekeeping Pest
Véronique Duquesne1, Aurélie Delcont2, Anthéa Huleux2
1Anses, Laboratory of Sophia-Antipolis, European Reference Laboratory for Honey Bee Health, Honey Bee Pathology Unit, Sophia-Antipolis, France veronique.duquesne@anses.fr.
Genome Announcements
|November 4, 2017
Abstract:
We report here the full mitochondrial genome sequence of Aethina tumida, a Nitidulidae species beetle, that is a pest of bee hives. The obtained sequence is 16,576 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNAs.

