The complete mitochondrial genome of Myrmeleon immanis Walker, 1853 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Myrmeleon immanis Walker, 1853 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) has been obtained with PCR, which is a circular molecule of 15,802 bp in length, contains 37 typical mitochondrial genes: 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs and a non-coding AT-rich region. The nucleotide composition is biased toward A and T as in most other insects. The A + T content of the whole genome, PCGs, tRNAs, rRNAs and the control region is 75.6%, 74.3%, 73.6%, 76.2%, 79.6%. All PCGs start with a typical ATN codon except for the COI which uses ACG as its start codon; all PCGs terminate in the common stop codon TAA or TAG, except for the COI, COII which use single T as their stop codons.