The Acoptolabrus changeonleei Ishikawa et Kim, 1983 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), has been listed as an endangered insect in South Korea. The complete mitochondrial genome of the species was 16,831 bp with a typical set of genes (13 protein-coding genes [PCGs], 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes) and one non-coding region, with the arrangement identical to that observed in most insect genomes. Phylogenetic analyses with concatenated sequences of the 13 PCGs and 2 rRNA genes, using the Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum-likelihood (ML) methods, placed A. changeonleei as a sister to the within-subfamilial species Damaster mirabilissimus in Carabinae, with the highest nodal support by both analyses.

• Ah Rha Wang(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University)
• Min Jee Kim(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University)
• Su Yeon Jeong(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University)
• Eui Jeong Hong(National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service)
• Jong-Chul Jeong(National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Service)
• Sung Soo Kim(Research Institute for East Asian Environment and Biology)
• Iksoo Kim(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University)