Complete mitochondrial and phylogenetic relationships of Dermacentor everestianus (Acari: Ixodidae) and Alveonasus sp. (Acari: Argasidae)

Abstract Background Ticks are hematophagous arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens threatening human and animal health. The use of individual gene markers has limited phylogenetic studies of ticks, but the mitochondrial genome offers critical data for understanding phylogeny and molecular evolution. Results The mitogenomes of Dermacentor everestianus and Alveonasus sp. were assembled from Illumina 350 bp pair-end reads. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of Derm