Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Euchorthippus unicolor (Orthoptera: Arcypteridae)

AbstractThe complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Euchorthippus unicolor was sequenced for the first time with a length of 15,629 bp. The base nucleotide composition in the mitogenome of E. unicolor was: A(43.3%), T(32.8%), C(13.7%), G(10.2%), and AT(76.1%), respectively. All protein-coding genes start with typical ATN codon except cox1, which initiates with CCG codon instead and ends with either complete TAA/TAG codons or incomplete TA(a) codons. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that Euchorthippus unicolor was clustered with genus Gomphocerus species.