Kim Dooyoung, Kim Gyeongmin, Shin Cho Rong, Park Bia, Choi Eun Hwa, Hwang Ui Wook
Department of Biomedical Convergence Science and Technology, School of Industrial Technology Advances, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
School of Life Sciences, Graduate School, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2024 Jun 6;9(6):711-715. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2361689. eCollection 2024.
The ground beetle (Motschulsky, 1861) (Carabidae: Harpalinae: Sphodrini) is one of the most common species in the forests of South Korea, which has the potential to be utilized as an environmental indicator. Here, we characterized the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of , which is the first in the harpaline tribe Sphodrini. Its genome is 16,392 bp in length and composed of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and an A + T rich region. In addition, we reconstructed a maximum likelihood tree to elucidate the phylogenetic position of Sphodrini among the seven harpaline tribes using nucleotide sequences of the 13 PCGs. The ML tree supported a monophyletic clade of the subfamily Harpalinae and showed a close relationship between Sphodrini and Lebinii with a low bootstrap value. The complete mitogenome of could be helpful for molecular species identification and exploring phylogenetic relationships among carabids.
地甲虫（Motschulsky，1861年）（步甲科：婪步甲亚科：硕步甲族）是韩国森林中最常见的物种之一，具有作为环境指示物种的潜力。在此，我们对其完整线粒体基因组（线粒体基因组）进行了特征描述，这在婪步甲族硕步甲族中尚属首次。其基因组长度为16392 bp，由13个蛋白质编码基因（PCGs）、22个tRNA基因、2个rRNA基因和一个富含A+T的区域组成。此外，我们利用13个PCGs的核苷酸序列构建了一棵最大似然树，以阐明硕步甲族在七个婪步甲族中的系统发育位置。最大似然树支持婪步甲亚科的单系类群，并显示硕步甲族与莱氏步甲属之间存在密切关系，但自展值较低。该物种的完整线粒体基因组可能有助于分子物种鉴定以及探索步甲科昆虫之间的系统发育关系。
