Mitochondrial genome of theHarpiocephalus harpia(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from China

Abstract

In this study, a complete mitochondrial genome of a female Harpiocephalus harpia from Zhejiang Province, China, was sequenced using Illumina Hiseq. The genome is 16,400 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a control region. Most of the genes were encoded on the H-strand, except for 8 tRNA and ND6 genes. Phylogenetic tree using maximum likelihood suggests H. harpia is sister taxon to Murina. The complete mitochondrial genome herein provides basic information for future taxonomic and phylogenetic studies.

The published complete mitochondrial genome of Eptesicus serotinus is a chimera of Vespertilio sinensis and Hypsugo alaschanicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera)

“…At the time of publication, only few bat mitogenomes had become available and even today this is still the only mitogenome purportedly of this species. As a result, KF111725 or NC_022474 have been re-used in at least 17 phylogenies (Hwang et al 2016;Locatelli et al 2016;Monadjem et al 2016;Qian et al 2016;Yu et al 2016;Zhang et al 2016;Jebb, Foley, Kerth, et al 2017;Jebb, Floey, Puechmaille, et al 2017;L opez-Wilchis et al 2017;Mata et al 2017;Shi et al 2017;Platt et al 2018;Huang et al 2019;Yue et al 2019;Tang et al 2020).…”