The complete mitochondrial genome ofHaemaphysalis concinna(Ixodida: Ixodidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Haemaphysalis concinna is reported for the first time in this study. Its entire mitogenome is 14,675 bp in length, contained 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and two non-coding regions. Among the 13 protein-coding genes, apart from the nad 1, nad 4, nad 4L, and nad 5 gene encoded on the L-strand, the remaining protein-coding genes were encoded on the H-strand. The phylogenetic analysis by Bayesian inference method shows that Amblyomma sphenodonti and H. parva formed one clade, while H. concinna and other species of genus Haemaphysalis formed the other clade, indicating that H. concinna belong to the genus Haemaphysalis .

The complete mitochondrial genome of Haemaphysalis japonica (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

“…NC_037246), which contained 13 PCGs (cox1-3, nad1-6, nad4L, atp6, atp8, and cytb), two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two NCR. The arrangement of the H. japonica was identical with that of hard ticks (Burger et al 2013;Chang et al 2018). The H. japonica mt genome encoded 3600 amino acids in total.…”

“…Haemaphysalis japonica (Ixodida: Ixodidae) is widely distributed in China, Russia, Germany, as well as temperate Eurasia, and Chinese-Russian border, respectively (Deng and Jiang 1991). Molecular characterizations of mitochondrial genomes have been made in some ticks (Guo et al 2016;Chang et al 2018), but H. japonica was not available for study.…”

Complete mitochondrial genome of Argas persicus (Ixodida: Argasidae) isolate China

“…The A. persicus mt genome encoded 3609 amino acids in total. The concatenated amino acid sequences of 13 protein-coding genes were analyzed with Bayesian inference, using Haemaphysalis concinna (NC_034785) as an outgroup (Chang et al 2018). The result shows that the A. persicus isolate China and the others of genus Argas are in the same clade (Figure 1).…”