Molecular studies on Hemipteran bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) based on mitochondrial genes: A review

Abstract

Molecular studies are recognized as a useful tool in species identification and sequence disparity. Mitochondrial genome is most extensively studied genomic system in insects. Nuclear region and mitochondrial genome has been analysed and studied comprehensively all over the world. In this review, we describe various molecular works that have been done on hemipteran bugs based on mitochondrial genes. It can be concluded that, the molecular studies focused more on COI, Cyt b and 16S gene region and rest of the molecular markers are overlooked.