Two Complete Mitochondrial Genomes From Leuctridae (Plecoptera: Nemouroidea): Implications for the Phylogenetic Relationships Among Stoneflies |
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| Authors: | Jinjun Cao Ying Wang Xuan Guo Guoquan Wang Weihai Li Dvid Murnyi |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China;2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, China;3. Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary;4. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary |
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| Abstract: | The family-level relationships within Plecoptera have been a focused area of research for a long time. Its higher classification remains unstable, and the phylogenetic relationships within Plecoptera should be re-examined. Here, we sequenced and analyzed two complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of Paraleuctra cercia and Perlomyia isobeae of the family Leuctridae. We reconstructed the phylogeny of Plecoptera based on 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) from published stoneflies. Our results showed that the Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood tree had similar topological structures except for the positions of two families, Peltoperlidae and Scopuridae. The Plecoptera is divided into two clades, the suborder Antarctoperlaria and the suborder Arctoperlaria. The two suborders subsequently formed two groups, Eusthenioidea and Gripopterygoidea, and Euholognatha and Systellognatha, which is consistent with the results of morphological studies. In addition, the Leuctridae is the earliest branch within the superfamily Nemouroidea. But the monophyly of Perloidea and Pteronarcyoidea are still not well supported. |
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| Keywords: | Leuctridae mitogenome phylogeny |
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