The mitochondrial genome of Nephrotoma Tenuipes (Diptera Tipulidae)

Abstract

The crane fly Nephrotoma tenuipes belongs to family Tipulidae. The mitogenome of N. tenuipes was sequenced, the new representative of the mitogenome of the family Tipulidae. The nearly complete mitogenome is 14,851 bp totally, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs and 22 transfer RNAs. All genes have the similar locations and strands with that of other published species of Tipulidae. The nucleotide composition biases toward A and T, which together made up 76.04％of the entirety. Bayesian inference analysis strongly supported the monophyly of Tipuloidea. It suggested that the phylogenetic relationship within Tipuloidea is Pediciidae + (Limoniidae + (Tipulidae + Cylindrotomidae)).

Keywords

• mitochondrial genome
• tipulidae
• phylogenetics
• nephrotoma