Novel gene rearrangement in the complete mitochondrial genome of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

The current study describes the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of an egg parasitoid wasp, Telenomus remus Nixon 1937. This mitogenome is 16,014 bp in length, consisting of 37 typical coding genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and two ribosomal RNA genes). The start codons of the protein-coding genes are ATN and the stop codons are TAA or TAG. The secondary structures of most transfer RNA genes could be detected, except for trnS(AGN) and trnQ. Rearrangements of 14 transfer RNA genes in the mitogenome has generated a novel gene order, including two new gene clusters, trnN-trnF-trnS(AGN)-trnR between ND3 and ND5, and trnM-trnV-CR-trnE-trnC-trnY-trnQ-trnI-trnA between srRNA and ND2. The sister relationship between T. remus and other congeneric species is highly supported by phylogenetic analysis based on the protein-coding and ribosomal RNA gene sequences.