The complete mitochondrial genomes of five Nivanini species (Hemiptera:
Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with phylogenetic analysis
Abstract
To delve deeper into the phylogenetic relationships within Cicadellidae
and the taxonomic ar-rangement of Evacanthinae, our study focuses on the
mitochondrial genome sequencing of five Nivanini species: Extensus
latus、Concavepiana hamulusa、Sophonia nigrilineata、Sophonia
mi-crostaina and Sophonia fuscomarginata. This research marks the first
sequencing of the complete mitogenomes for the genus Extensus, revealing
mitogenome lengths between 15,610 and 16,032 base pairs and encompassing
37 typical genes. The A+T content of Nivanini ranged from 72.5% to
78.7%, which is consistent with that of other sequenced Evacanthinae
species. All transfer RNAs (tRNAs), except for trnS, exhibited a typical
clover secondary structure, while trnS (AGY) lacked dihy-drouridine
(DHU) arms. With regard to protein-coding genes, all started with ATN
codons, except for atp8, and most of them use TAA or TAG as termination
codons. Using the Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods, a
phylogenetic tree based on all 37 genes was constructed, with a total of
57 Cicadellidae species and 2 outgroups included as research objects.
The analyses con-firmed the monophyletic nature of each subfamily,
highlighting Deltocephalinae as the oldest, dis-tinctively parallel to
the others.