Comparative mitogenome research revealed the phylogenetics and evolution
of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphage)
Abstract
Despite the worldwide distribution and rich diversity of the superfamily
Tenebrionoidea, the knowledge of the mitochondrial genomes (mtgenome)
characteristics of the superfamily is still very limited and its
phylogenetics and evolution remains unresolved. In present study,
nineteen species of mtgenomes in Tenebrionoidea are newly sequenced and
annotated, and a total of 90 mtgenomes are analyzed. There exist 37
genes for all 82 species of complete mtgenomes of 16 families
investigated, and their characteristics are identical as reported
mtgenomes of other Tenebrionoids. The Ka/Ks analysis suggests that all
13 PCGs have undergone a strong purifying selection. The phylogenetic
analysis suggests the monophyly of Mordellidae, Ripiphoridae, Meloidae,
Anthicidae, Oedemeridae, Pyrochroidae, Salpingidae, Scraptiidae,
Lagriidae and Tenebrionidae, and the Mordellidae is sister to the
Ripiphoridae. The “Tenebrionidae clade” and “Meloidae clade” are
monophyletic, and both of them are sister groups. In the “Meloidae
clade”, Anthicidae is sister to Meloidae. In the “Tenebrionidae
clade”, the family Lagriidae and Tenebrionidae are sister groups. The
divergence time analysis suggests that Tenebrionoidea originated in
early Jurassic, Mordellidae, Meloidae and Oedemeridae in Cretaceous,
Anthicidae, Lagriidae and Tenebrionidae in the early Cretaceous. The
work lays a base for the study of mtgenome, phylogenetics and evolution
of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.