The complete mitochondrial genome of a medicinal insect Martianus dermestoides (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae).

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of Martianus dermestoides (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) has been amplified and sequenced employing the long polymerase chain reaction method. The mitogenome, consisting of 15,434 base pairs (bp), had the typical invertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement, including 13 protein-coding, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs genes and a noncoding control region (CR). The CR of 798 bp length is rather compact and located between srRNA and tRNA(iLe). The overall base composition of M. dermestoides is 40.97% for A, 18.53% for C, 31.13% for T and 9.38% for G, with a high AT bias of 72.09%. The complete mitogenome may provide useful DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic analyses for higher taxa of Tenebrionidae.