The complete mitochondrial genome of Asobara japonica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Abstract

Asobara japonica is an important larval-pupal endoparasitoid of Drosophila melanogaster and some other fruit fly species, such as Drosophila suzukii, and is an invasive and economic pest. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of A. japonica (GeneBank accession number: MN882556) was sequenced using Illumina HiSeq X Ten system. The mitochondrial genome is 15,519 bp long and comprises 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, of which 12 genes are in majority stand, and the remaining 25 genes are in minority strand. The nucleotide composition of A, G, C, T is 40.6, 8.2, 6.0, and 45.3% respectively. We also performed a phylogenetic analysis with other known mitochondrial genomes of Braconidae. The results show that A. japonica is closely related to Diachasmimorpha longicaudata.