The status of <i>Bactrocera invadens</i> Drew, Tsuruta &amp; White (Diptera: tephritidae) inferred from complete mitochondrial genome analysis

Abstract

In this study, the complete 15,911 bp mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of <i>Bactrocera invadens</i> was sequenced. To estimate the status of <i>B. invadens</i>, all available mitogenomes of <i>Bactrocera</i> were downloaded from GenBank for phylogenetic analysis. Phylogenetic analyses showed that <i>B. invadens</i>, <i>B. philippinensis</i>, <i>B. papayae</i>, and three <i>B. dorsalis</i> sequences formed a well-supported clade with very short terminal branch lengths, indicting the relatively close evolutionary relationships of these taxa. The results further supported that <i>B. invadens</i>, the same as <i>B. philippinensis</i> and <i>B. papayae</i>, belongs to the same species as <i>B. dorsalis</i>.