Complete mitochondrial genome of soil-dwelling Tyraphus nitidus Raffray, 1909 (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Abstract

We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of the soil-dwelling rove beetle Tyraphus nitidus Raffray, 1909, from Korea. The mitochondrial genome was 16,742 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs). Except cox2, cox3, which use single T residue, and nad4, nad5, which use single A residue, typical PCGs use mitochondrial stop codon (TAR). The nucleotide base composition of the mitogenome is 42.2 % (A), 8.4 % (G), 36.6 % (T), and 12.8 % (C). Our phylogenetic analyses under the maximum likelihood and Bayesian inferences produced a tree congruent in topology, placing the newly sequenced T. nitidus as sister to Diartiger fossulatus Sharp, 1883, within the subfamily Pselaphinae.

Keywords

• ant-like litter beetle
• mitogenome
• phylogenetic analyses