Insects (2019) 10 (12 - 429)

Elena Drosopoulou, Alexandros Syllas, Panagiota Goutakoli, Georgios-Alkis Zisiadis, Theodora Konstantinou, Dimitra Pangea, George Sentis, Alies van Sauers-Muller, Suk-Ling Wee, Antonios A. Augustinos, Antigone Zacharopoulou and Kostas Bourtzis (2019)
The complete mitochondrial genome of Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera: Tephritidae): Genome description and phylogenetic implications
Insects 10 (12 - 429)
Abstract: Bactrocera carambolae is one of the approximately 100 sibling species of the Bactrocera dorsalis complex and considered to be very closely related to B. dorsalis. Due to their high morphological similarity and overlapping distribution, as well as to their economic impact and quarantine status, the development of reliable markers for species delimitation between the two taxa is of great importance. Here we present the complete mitochondrial genome of B. carambolae sourced from its native range in Malaysia and its invaded territory in Suriname. The mitogenome of B. carambolae presents the typical organization of an insect mitochondrion. Comparisons of the analyzed B. carambolae sequences to all available complete mitochondrial sequences of B. dorsalis revealed several species-specific polymorphic sites. Phylogenetic analysis based on Bactrocera mitogenomes supports that B. carambolae is a differentiated taxon though closely related to B. dorsalis. The present complete mitochondrial sequences of B. carambolae could be used, in the frame of Integrative Taxonomy, for species discrimination and resolution of the phylogenetic relationships within this taxonomically challenging complex, which would facilitate the application of species-specific population suppression strategies, such as the sterile insect technique.
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Database assignments for author(s): Antigone Zacharopoulou, Kostas Bourtzis

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bactrocera carambolae		Malaysia
	Bactrocera carambolae		Surinam