Wu Jingyu, Zheng Yuchen, Liu Xingyue
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University Beijing China.
Biodivers Data J. 2022 Jul 7;10:e85742. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e85742. eCollection 2022.
The genus Westwood, 1847, which is endemic to the Oriental Region and contains only five species, has been recorded in India and Pakistan, but not in China. The genus was not sampled in any previous study on the phylogeny of Neuroptera and its affinity within Ascalaphinae is unclear.
The owlfly species (Westwood, 1847) is firstly recorded from China, based on a female specimen collected from Yunnan Province, which represents the first record of the genus from China. The complete mitochondrial genome of this species is first sequenced and described. The phylogenetic analysis, based on all 13 PCGs and two rRNA genes of the owlfly mitogenomes determined so far, assigned into a monophyletic group with (Scopoli, 1763) and (Walker, 1853).
韦斯特伍德属(Westwood,1847)为东洋区特有属,仅含5个物种,在印度和巴基斯坦有记录,但在中国尚无记录。此前关于脉翅目系统发育的任何研究均未对该属进行采样,其在蝶角蛉亚科内的亲缘关系尚不清楚。
基于采自云南省的1头雌性标本,首次报道了韦斯特伍德属(Westwood,1847)的蝶角蛉在中国的分布,这也是该属在中国的首次记录。首次对该物种的线粒体基因组进行了全序列测定和描述。基于迄今已测定的所有13个蛋白质编码基因和2个核糖体RNA基因的蝶角蛉线粒体基因组进行系统发育分析,结果显示该属与长角蝶角蛉属(长角蝶角蛉,Scopoli,1763)和大角蝶角蛉属(大角蝶角蛉,Walker,1853)归为一个单系类群。