The complete mitochondrial genome of Leptopilina syphax (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)

Qichao Zhang; Xian Zhang; Ying Wang; Jiani Chen; Sicong Zhou; Lan Pang; Zhizhi Wang; Yiping Wang; Xuexin Chen; Jianhua Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1845106

The complete mitochondrial genome of Leptopilina syphax (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 6;6(1):17-18. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1845106.

Authors

Qichao Zhang^{1

2

3}, Xian Zhang^{1

2

3}, Ying Wang^{1

2

3}, Jiani Chen^{1

2

3}, Sicong Zhou^{1

2

3}, Lan Pang^{1

2

3}, Zhizhi Wang^{1

2

3}, Yiping Wang⁴, Xuexin Chen^{1

2

3

5}, Jianhua Huang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
² Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁴ College of Forest and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, Lin'an, China.
⁵ State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

Leptopilina syphax (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) is a newly recorded species of parasitic wasp, and it attacks the larval stage of Drosophilidae, mainly the Drosophila species. Few works have been done in the basic study of L. syphax, including the data of mitochondrial genome. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of L. syphax (GeneBank accession number: MT649407) was sequenced using Illumina HiSeq X Ten system. The mitochondrial genome is 15,882bp long and comprises 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. Meanwhile, 26 genes are in majority strand, and the remaining 11 genes are in minority strand. The overall base composition is 41.7% for A, 6.0% for G, 13.6% for C, and 38.7% for T, with an A + T content of 80.4%, respectively. We also performed a phylogenetic analysis with other known mitochondrial genomes of some parasitic wasps. The results show that L. syphax is closely related to L. boulardi, which is another Drosophila parasitoid.

Keywords: Leptopilina syphax; mitochondrial genome; parasitoid.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFD0200400], and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LR18C140001].