%0 Journal Article %T The mitogenome of the jumping bristletail Trigoniophthalmus alternatus (Insecta, Microcoryphia) and the phylogeny of insect early-divergent lineages %A Antonio Carapelli %A Chiara Leo %A Claudia Brunetti %A Claudio Cucini %A Francesco Frati %A Francesco Nardi %A Matteo Vitale %A Pietro Paolo Fanciulli %J Mitochondrial DNA Part B %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1660592 %X Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome of the machilid Trigoniophthalmus alternatus (Silvestri 1904) is herein described and applied to phylogenetic analyses, inclusive of the most early-divergent lineages of hexapods. Both gene content and order generally conform with the organization of the arthropods¡¯ mitochondrial genome. One gene translocation involving trnA is the autapomorphic character observed in this species. Another peculiar molecular feature is the long size of the A£¿+£¿T-rich region, due to the occurrence of repeat units. The phylogenetic analyses support the typical placement, along the hexapods¡¯ tree, of Ectognatha, Monocondylia and Dicondylia, with Diplura as the adelphotaxon of all true insects %U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802359.2019.1660592