Complete Mitogenome and Phylogenetic Analyses of Galerita orientalis Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Galeritini).

The genus Galerita Fabricius, 1801 belongs to the tribe Galeritini of the family Carabidae. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (GenBank: ON920164.1) of G . orientalis is newly sequenced, annotated, characterized, and composed of 37 typical genes, and one control region. Mitogenome is a circular DNA molecule of 16,137 bp with a 78.79% AT content. All 13 protein-coding genes are initiated using a typical ATN (Met) as the start codon, except for nad1 , which has a TTG as the start codon, and are terminated using a typical TAN stop codon. Twenty-two tRNAs could fold into a typical cloverleaf structure, including trnS1-GCU, which lacks the DHU stem observed in other mitogenomes of the subfamily Harpalinae. Both rrnS and rrnL contain many helices. A conserved poly-T stretch (19 bp) and seven tandem repeats are observed in the control region, and a phylogenetic analysis indicated that the genus Galerita is an independent lineage. The complete mitogenome of G . orientalis will contribute to further studies on the molecular basis of the classification and phylogeny of Harpalinae, and even Carabidae.