Phylogenetic relationships and divergence dating of Mantodea using mitochondrial phylogenomics

Mantodea is a predatory insect group, its members occupying a diverse array of widely distributed habitats. Praying mantis species utilize hunting strategies including remarkable mimicry and unique camouflage for hiding from natural enemies while catching their prey. The emergence of a “cyclopean ear” in mantises is thought to be a morphological innovation of the group, and an “arms race” with echolocating bats is one of the hypotheses put forward to account for the emergence of the mantis ear from a coevolutionary perspective. However, this hypothesis has not been rigorously tested because of a lack of robust higher‐level phylogeny and a detailed chronogram of Mantodea. Previous phylogenetic studies found an incongruence between traditional classification and molecular phylogenetics due to the convergent evolution of various ecomorphic strategies of the lineage. Here, we performed a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Mantodea based on data from 61 mitogenomes. Our analyses showed t..., , , This dataset contains nucleotide matrices, phylogenetic trees and chronogram of the research \"Phylogenetic relationships and divergence dating of Mantodea using mitochondrial phylogenomics\". The phylip format protein-coding sequence file (cd12,.phy, cdsrna.phy, and cdsrna_mcmc.phy), phylogenetic topology for ML and BI analyses (cdsrna_ML.tre & rnacds_BI.nex.con.tre), constrained tree file for molecular dating (analysis1-4_mcmc.tre) and ctl file in PAML mcmctree analysis (analysis1_mcmctree.ctl) are provided in the data set.