The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tephritid fly Tephritis femoralis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Abstract

The Tephritid fly Tephritis femoralis (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a pre-dispersal seed predator species peculiar to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China. It is a generalist endoparasite, and it is especially harmful to the Asteraceae species in the alpine meadow. The whole mitochondrial genome of T. femoralis is totally 15,117 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosome RNA (rRNA), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), and 1 control region (CR). The mitochondrial genome contains 41.7% for A, 38.2% for T, 11.6% for C, and 8.5% for G in all base composition. The percentage of A + T content is 79.9%. The CR of T. femoralis was shorter than other species in Tephritidae. Our work provides the first complete mitochondrial genome data in the subfamily Tephritinae, which is important to further studies on evolutionary adaptation and phylogenetic analyses.

Keywords

• complete mitochondrial genome
• tephritid fly
• tephritis femoralis