The complete mitochondrial genome of Oenopia sauzeti (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

ABSTRACT

Oenopia sauzeti Mulsant are predators of various aphids, such as Myzus persicae, Rhopalosiphum maidis, and Sitobion avenae. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of O. sauzeti. Consistent with other mitogenomes of Coleoptera, the circular mitogenome of O. sauzeti consists of 17,630 bp, including 13 PCG genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes. The mitogenome differs in 2 long non-coding regions of 1285 bp and 1843 bp. The 22 tRNA genes products are folded into the typical cloverleaf secondary structure, except trnS1, which lacks the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm. The base composition is AT-biased (80.1%). The phylogenetic tree confirms monophyly at the genus level within the Coccinellinae and supports O. sauzeti as a sister group to Aiolocaria hexaspilota.