Chinese black ant, Polyrhachis dives Smith, also known as P. vicina Roger has been used as a traditional edible insect and Chinese medicine in China and some southeast countries for thousands of years. In this study, Mitogenome of this species was assembled with high coverage using Illumina sequencing data and is 15,806 bp long in size. The base composition is 37.8% for A, 12.5% for C, 6.4% for G and 43.3% for T. The mitogenome contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. The phylogeny showed that it was closely related to Camponotus atrox (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with high bootstrap value supported. The mitogenome of P. dives can provide essential DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis.

White-striped long-horned beetle, Batocera lineolata occurred in China, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Japan and Korea and is one of the most important wood-boring forestry pests. Complete mitochondrial genome was determined based on next-generation sequencing. The long-horned beetle has a total length of 15,420 bp, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes and a non-coding region. The phylogenetic position was closely clustered with 6 other Lamiinae species with strong node support. Within Chrysomeloidea superfamily, a monophyletic Lamiinae clad is recovered as the sister group of the Cerambycinae from three species and the Chrysomelidae consisting five species forms a monophyletic clade which is strongly supported.

The cutlassfish, Trichiurus haumela (Scombriformes: Trichiuridae), is well adapted to benthopelagic life with high commercial value in the world. In this study, mitogenome of this species was assembled with high coverage using Illumina sequencing data and the 16,855 bp length was acquired. The base composition is 28.75% for A, 29.33% for C, 16.14% for G, and 25.78% for T. The mitogenome includes 13 protein-coding genes, 21 transfer RNA, and two ribosomal RNA genes. The phylogeny showed that it is closely related to Trichiurus japonicus with high bootstrap value supported. The complete mitogenome of T. haumela can provide essential DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis.

Dendrolimus kikuchii, the Simao pine caterpillar moth is an economically important forest pest causing great damage to coniferous trees in south China. The whole mitogenome for the moth was sequenced using next-generation sequencing technology. The moth has a total length of 15,422 bp in mitogenome size. The nucleotide composition is biased toward adenine and thymine, accounting for 79.2%: A ¼ 40.7%, T ¼ 38.5%, G ¼ 8.1%, and C ¼ 12.7%. The phylogeny showed that D. kikuchii was closely grouped with D. punctatus, D. tabulaeformis, Euthrix laeta, and Trabala vishnou guttata to form the monophyletic clad for the Lasiocampidae family of Bombycoidea superfamily with strong nodal support.

(2017) Complete mitochondrial genome of stripped fruit fly, Bactrocera(Zeugodacus) scutellata (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Anshun, Southwest China, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2:2, 387-388,