The mitochondrial genome of Syneches medoganus (Diptera: Empididae)

Abstract

The mitogenome of one dance fly species, Syneches medoganus, was sequenced as the new representative of subfamily Hybotinae. The nearly complete mitogenome was 16128 bp totally, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes. The nucleotide composition biased toward A and T, and the overall A + T was 78.1% of the entirety. All the PCGs started with codon ATT, ATC or ATG, except CO1 using TCG as an initiation codon. Most PCGs terminated with stop codon TAA or TAG except CO2 with an incomplete stop codon T. Bayesian analyses indicated that the monophyly of Hybotinae subfamily group is strongly supported. Subfamily Hybotinae is the sister group of subfamily Tachydromiinae.

Keywords

• mitochondrial genome
• empididae
• syneches
• phylogeny