Hemipteroid insects (Paraneoptera), with over 10% of all known insect diversity, are a major
component of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Previous phylogenetic analyses have not …

Mitochondrial genomes have been widely used for phylogenetic reconstruction and
evolutionary analysis in various groups of Insecta. Gene rearrangements in the mitogenome …

Highlights•Next-generation sequencing has greatly increased the size of phylogenetic
datasets.•Genome reduction approaches are economical, but have limitations.•Full genome …

Prior to this study, complete mitochondrial genomes from Order Thysanoptera were
restricted to a single family, the Thripidae, resulting in a biased view of their evolution. Here …

The emergence of cost-effective and rapid sequencing approaches has resulted in an
exponential rise in the number of mitogenomes on public databases in recent years …

The evolutionary dynamics and phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial genomes
(mitogenomes) have been of particular interest to systematists and evolutionary biologists …

The spider of Ectatosticta davidi, belonging to the lamp-shade web spider family,
Hypochilidae, which is closely related to Hypochilidae and Filistatidae and recovered as …

Gene rearrangements in the mitochondrial genome (mt genome) are common in certain
insect groups and can be an informative character for phylogenetic reconstruction. However …

The mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of bilaterian animals are highly conserved
structures that usually consist of a single circular chromosome. However, several species of …

Fireflies are one of the best-known examples of luminescent organisms. The limited
geographic distribution and rarity of some firefly genera have hindered molecular …