Mitochondrial Genomes for Culicidae Phylogeny with Six New Assemblies

Gabriel Wallau's 2026 study provides phylogenetic analyses for the mosquito family Culicidae using complete mitochondrial genomes. The dataset includes six newly assembled mitogenomes, three of which are reported for the first time. It aims to resolve evolutionary relationships of uncertain taxa within the family.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing deep evolutionary relationships within Culicidae based on whole mitogenome nucleotide sequences.
• Testing phylogenetic hypotheses for uncertain taxa like Lutzia and Toxorhynchites based on broader taxon sampling.
• Comparing phylogenetic support across different data partitions, such as protein-coding genes versus concatenated predicted proteins.

Strengths

• Includes six newly assembled mitochondrial genomes, with three reported as first-time assemblies.
• Analyses are based on complete mitochondrial genomes, which the description suggests provide higher phylogenetic support than partial markers.
• Uses three distinct analytical datasets (whole mitogenome, partitioned PCGs, concatenated proteins) for methodological comparison.

Limitations

• Dataset size is 1.2 MB, which is small and may limit the scope of analysis.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Data is provided as a PDF, which may require extraction and parsing to access structured sequence or phylogenetic data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Gabriel Wallau.

Collection Method

Mitogenomes were newly sequenced or obtained from public databases for phylogenetic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 10:50:18.