Liu, MengmengXu, MinZejian, LiBudak, MahirWei, MeicaiLiu, Lin2024-03-082024-03-082023https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/15077The complete mitochondrial genome of Pachycephus smyrnensis Stein, 1876 collected from Sivas, Turkey, is described. The circled genome is 20,393 bp in length and contains a typical set of 37 genes. The missing control regions, trnQ and trnI in previously reported P. smyrnensis (KX907846) were obtained in this precise assembly based on a considerable amount of raw data. A denser sampled phylogenetic analysis shows that the two P. smyrnensis constitute a branch sister to P. cruentatus (Eversmann, Citation1847). Pachycephus is a sister group of Phylloecus within Hartigiinae and remote from Characopygus, a genus within Cephinae. The monophyly of Pachycephini has been rejected.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle8910151012377667382-s2.0-85172164988N/AWOS:001071463800001Q4