Complete mitochondrial genome of the praying mantis Arria pallida (Zhang, 1987) (Mantodea: Haanidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Arria pallida is 16,240 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNAs), a control region (D-loop), and 22 transfer RNA (tRNAs). The phylogenetic analysis included 18 species within 10 families of Mantodea using maximum likelihood (ML) method. The result showed that A. pallida is sister to Haania sp., both of which form a sister clade with Caliris sp.

Novel Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangement and Intergenic Regions Exist in the Mitochondrial Genomes from Four Newly Established Families of Praying Mantises (Insecta: Mantodea)

“…However, nuances were found among these. The monophyly of Haaniidae was supported, which was consistent with Wang et al [ 22 ] and the problem of the paraphyly of Haaniidae in previous studies [ 4 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 21 ] was addressed. However, the location of Haaniidae in both BI and ML trees was unstable.…”

“…In an attempt to address the phylogenetic relationships with Gonypetidae and Haaniidae, 69 previous mantises mitogenomes, downloaded from NCBI, as well as nine newly combined mitogenomes, were selected as ingroups [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 11 , 21 , 22 , 29 , 30 , 39 , 44 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ] ( Table S1 ). Two cockroach species, Eupolyphaga sinensis and Cryptocercus kyebangensis , and two termites, Termes hospes and Macrotermes barneyi , were chosen as outgroup taxa [ 71 , 72 , 73 ].…”

“…However, there remains much bias and controversy surrounding Mantodea, especially over some unstable families or subfamilies, due to the lack of effective molecular datasets. For instance, the monophyly of Tarachodidae and Thespidae, because of the subfamilies Haaniinae and Caliridinae under them, respectively, could not be supported by Zhang et al, [ 9 ], Guan et al, [ 21 ] or Svenson & Whiting [ 4 , 5 ], whereas they could be supported by Wang et al [ 22 ] under the systematic classification of Ehrmann [ 2 ]. It is noteworthy that subtaxa within Mantodea have been changed in the taxonomic system of Schwarz [ 23 ] based on the male genital structures.…”

“…The number of mitogenomes of Mantodea that are available in the NCBI Organelle Genome Resources database ( , accessed on 21 April 2022) is very high, but still less than 20% of the recorded mantis species. Furthermore, only five complete sequences of Gonypetidae and three complete sequences of Haaniidae were available, so that more mitogenomes from these families are needed in order to understand relationships within Mantodea [ 8 , 22 , 30 ].…”