Comparative mitogenomic analysis of three bugs of the genus Uhler, 1861 (Hemiptera, Coreidae) and their phylogenetic position.

Uhler, 1861 is the largest genus in the bug family Coreidae. Even though many species of this genus are economically important, the complete mitogenomes of species have not yet been reported. Therefore, in the present study, the complete mitogenomes of three species, (Motschulsky, 1866), Ren, 1987, and (Uhler, 1860), are sequenced and characterized, and submitted in a phylogenetic analysis of the Coreidae. The results show that mitogenomes of the three species are highly conserved, typically with 37 genes plus its control region. The lengths are 16,313 bp, 17,023 bp, and 17,022 bp, respectively. Most protein-coding genes (PCGs) in all species start with the standard codon ATN and terminate with one of three stop codons: TAA, TAG, or T. The tRNAs secondary structures of all species have a typical clover structure, except for the (AGC) in , which lacks dihydrouridine (DHU) arm that forms a simple loop. Variation in the length of the control region led to differences in mitochondrial genome sizes. The maximum-likelihood (ML) and Bayesian-inference (BI) phylogenetic analyses strongly supported the monophyly of and its position within Coreidae, and the relationships are (( + ( + ( sp.))). The results provide further understanding for future phylogenetic studies of Coreidae.