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A first complete mitochondrial genome in subgenus Myrmentoma, of Camponotus nipponensis Santschi, 1937

Jonghyun Park, Woochan Kwon, Jongsun Park
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The genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 distributes all over the world, even ranging from the African desserts to the Antarctic islands. Number of species in this genus is the largest: 1,488 taxa (species and subspecies) accounting for 10\% ant species. Despite of it, number of available complete mitochondrial genomes was only one, Camponotus atrox (subgenus Camponotus). To decipher characteristics of mitochondrial genome of this genus, we completed mitochondrial genomes of Camponotus nipponensis Santschi, 1937, belonging to subgenera Myrmentoma using Illumina HiSeqX. The total length of mitochondrial genome of C. nipponensis is 15,532 bp with 79.8\% A + T content. It consists of 13 PCGs, 22 tRNA, and 2 rRNA genes. This mitochondrial genome will be a useful resource to understand features of Camponotus genus with adding more mitochondrial genomes of the other subgenera, such as Paramyrmamblys.