The complete mitochondrial genome of Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, 1874) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract

Aphaenogaster famelica (Smith, 1874) is a slender ant found in Korea. We have completed the mitochondrial genome of A. famelica of which length is 19,464 bp, the third longest ant mitogenome so far. It was AT-biased (GC ratio is 18.0%) and includes 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a control region. The extra bases of A. famelica are placed in intergenic regions each between trnV-trnM and trnI-trnQ. Gene order of A. famelica is identical to other Myrmicinae ants. Phylogenetic trees show that tribe Stenammini and tribe Myrmicini are closely related. ARTICLE HISTORY

The complete mitochondrial genome of a parthenogenetic antMonomorium triviale(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

“…Notably, the gene order of the two Monomorium species had two gene rearrangements: an inversion between trn P and ND1 (Myrmicinae, ND6-CYTB-trn S; Monomorium , trn S - CYTB - ND6 ; underlines indicate inverted genes) and translocations between ND3 and trn F (Myrmicinae common, trn A- trn R- trn N- trn S- trn E; Monomorium , trn R- trn E- trn A- trn N- trn S). This feature was different from the common gene order of the subfamily Myrmicinae and likely unique to Monomorium ants (Babbucci et al 2014; Park 2020). This may help identify the genus Monomorium sensu stricto , in addition to nucleotide substitutions.…”

Complete mitochondrial genome of the H3 haplotype Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) (Formicidae; Hymenoptera)

“…Relationship between the tribes, however, was incongruent to the previous study as tribe Leptomyrmecini was grouped with tribe Tapinomini not Dolichoderini based on nuclear genes (Ward et al 2010). In addition, the two nodes showing low supportive values (Figure 1) are also congruent to the previous studies (Park et al 2020c(Park et al , 2020a(Park et al , 2020b, requiring additional mitogenomes to improve them.…”

The complete mitochondrial genome of a parthenogenetic ant Monomorium triviale (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

“…This feature was different from the common gene order of the subfamily Myrmicinae and likely unique to Monomorium ants (Babbucci et al. 2014 ; Park 2020 ). This may help identify the genus Monomorium sensu stricto , in addition to nucleotide substitutions.…”

“…Notably, the gene order of the two Monomorium species had two gene rearrangements: an inversion between trnP and ND1 (Myrmicinae, ND6-CYTB-trnS; Monomorium, trnS-CYTB-ND6; underlines indicate inverted genes) and translocations between ND3 and trnF (Myrmicinae common, trnA-trnR-trnN-trnS-trnE; Monomorium, trnR-trnE-trnA-trnN-trnS). This feature was different from the common gene order of the subfamily Myrmicinae and likely unique to Monomorium ants (Babbucci et al 2014;Park 2020). This may help identify the genus Monomorium sensu stricto, in addition to nucleotide substitutions.…”