Full Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Sugar Beet Wireworm Limonius californicus (Coleoptera: Elateridae), a Common Agricultural Pest

Alida T Gerritsen; Daniel D New; Barrie D Robison; Arash Rashed; Paul Hohenlohe; Larry Forney; Mahnaz Rashidi; Cathy M Wilson; Matthew L Settles

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01628-15

Full Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Sugar Beet Wireworm Limonius californicus (Coleoptera: Elateridae), a Common Agricultural Pest

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 21;4(1):e01628-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01628-15.

Authors

Alida T Gerritsen¹, Daniel D New², Barrie D Robison³, Arash Rashed⁴, Paul Hohenlohe³, Larry Forney³, Mahnaz Rashidi⁴, Cathy M Wilson⁵, Matthew L Settles²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA [email protected].
² Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
³ Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
⁴ Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho Aberdeen R&E Center, Aberdeen, Idaho, USA.
⁵ Idaho Wheat Commission, Boise, Idaho, USA.

Abstract

We report here the full mitochondrial genome sequence of Limonius californicus, a species of click beetle that is an agricultural pest in its larval form. The circular genome is 16.5 kb and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes.