The mitochondrial genome of a horntail wasp, Tremex fuscicornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of a horntail wasp, Tremex fuscicornis, was analyzed prior to a systematic study on South Korean Siricidae. This species genome has a total length of 16,359 bp (GenBank accession number: MT425058), consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and an A + T rich control region. The nucleotide composition is 41.8% T, 38.2% A, 14.3% C, and 5.7% G. The result of the maximum-likelihood analysis indicates that T. fuscicornis is a distinctive species in Siricidae, and this mitogenomic sequence can be used as a reference for phylogenetic studies on the superfamily Siricoidea.

Keywords

• mitochondrial genome
• phylogeny
• siricidae
• tremex fuscicornis