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Ping Wang1, Li-Lan Yuan1,2, Xue-Ying Ge2
1College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China.
Abstract:
The complete mitochondrial genome of a common Chinese soldier beetle was sequenced, Lycocerus asperipennis (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Cantharinae). The mitogenome is a double-stranded circular molecule, and the obtained sequence with 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA subunits, and an AT-rich region, as in other insects. Total length of this mitogenome is 16162 bp and the composition of each base is A (41.5%), T (37.7%), C (12.4%), G (8.4%), respectively. The phylogenetic tree analysis using 16 species of Elateriformia shows that L. asperipennis is closest to Chauliognathus opacus, which belongs to the subfamily Chauliognathinae of Cantharidae.
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