The mitochondrial genome of Desmomyia sinensis (Diptera: Rhagionidae)

The mitochondrial genome of Desmomyia sinensis Yang et Yang, 1997 was sequenced, the new representative of the family Rhagionidae. The complete mitochondrial genome is 16,430 bp totally, which consists of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and one non-coding control region. The nucleotide composition is biased toward A and T, accounting for 77.9% of the total. All genes have the conservational arrangement like other published species of Rhagionidae. Bayesian inference analysis strongly supported the monophyly of Rhagionidae and sister relationship between Coenomyiidae and Xylophagidae. The phylogenetic relationship among families of Tabanomorpha is very clear: (Athericidae + Tabanidae) + (Rhagionidae + (Coenomyiinae + Xylophagidae)).

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The mitochondrial genome of a new representative of the family Rhagionidae, Desmomyia sinensis, was sequenced in this study, revealing a bias towards A and T nucleotides and a conservational gene arrangement similar to other published species. Bayesian inference analysis supported the monophyly of Rhagionidae and the sister relationship between Coenomyiidae and Xylophagidae.