陕西麻虻一新种（双翅目：虻科）

本文记述了陕西巴山吸血虻一新种——Haematopota bashanensis sp.nov.触角柄节长;盾板后缘和小盾板交界处白色,小盾板全黑;翅端带宽;是本种一些明显特征。正模保存在军事医学科学院,副模在汉中师范学院生物系。     

福州虻属一新种(双翅目：虻科)

福州虻属一新种（双翅目：虻科）徐保海（福建省寄生虫病研究所福州３５０００１）许荣满（微生物流行病研究所北京１０００７１）本文记述采自福州郊区虹属一新种,正模保存于微生物流行病研究所。福州这Ｔａｂａｎ。。Ｉｎ。ｈｏｕｅｎａｉｓ新种（图ｌ—５）雌虫体长１...     

陕西原虻属二新种记述(双翅目:虻科)

本文报告采自陕西宝鸡建河的2个新种。正模和1个副模保存在军事医学科学院微生物流行病研究所,其余副模保存在兰州军区军事医学研究所。     

中国广西雅长足虻属和毛瘤长足虻属新种记述(双翅目,长足虻科)(英文)

记述模式产地来自广西南宁大明山的长足虻科3新种。新种模式标本保存在中国农业大学昆虫博物馆。1褐端雅长足虻,新种Amblypsilopus apicalis sp.nov.(图1)鉴别特征跗节末端暗褐色,尾须端部扩大,背侧突分三叉。正模♂,广西南宁大明山,2011-05-24,张婷婷采。副模:4♂♂,3♀♀,同正模。词源:新种种名意指跗节末端暗褐色。2指端雅长足虻,新种Amblypsilopus digitatus sp.nov.(图2)鉴别特征触角黄色且梗节暗褐色,前足端跗节具特化侧毛,尾须近指状。正模♂,广西南宁大明山,2011-05-24,张婷婷采。词源:新种种名意指尾须端指状。3大明山毛瘤长足虻,新种Condylostylus damingshanus sp.nov.(图3～4)鉴别特征后足腿节端部浅黑色,尾须很长,几乎伸达腹基部。正模♂,广西南宁大明山,2011-05-29,张婷婷采。副模:13♂♂,1♀,同正模。词源:新种种名意指模式产地大明山。     

中国云南等额水虻属一新种记述(双翅目,水虻科)

记述了我国云南等额水虻属1新种,即刺等额水虻Craspedometopon spina sp.nov.。模式标本保存在贵州大学昆虫研究所标本馆。刺等额水虻,新种Craspedometopon spina sp.nov.(图1～7)新种与等额水虻C.frontale Kertesz,1909相似,但新种小盾片背面具1粗壮的刺状突起,可以将两者明显区别开来。正模♂,云南,高黎贡山,1800～1900m(24°58’N,98°48′E,2009-05-29～06-05),杨再华,李斌采。副模:2♂♂,同正模。种名词源:新种根据小盾片背面突起的刺命名。     

麻虻属一新种记述(双翅目:虻科)

本文报道了我国祁连山地麻虻属Haematopota 1新种:祁连山麻虻Haematopota qilianshanensis He,Liu et Xu,sp.nov.,并记录了祁连山地虻科4属13种。新种正模和42♀♀副模保存在兰州军区疾病预防控制中心昆虫标本室,10♀♀副模保存在军事医学科学院医学昆虫标本馆。祁连山麻虻Haematopota qilianshanensis He,Liu et Xu,新种(图1~3)主要特征:体灰黑色,体长10~12mm。额灰黑色,侧点半圆形,与复合眼明显分离;额胛亮褐黑色,表面凹凸不平,两端略后突,中部明显后突,形如笔架,两侧与复眼明显分离。触角柄节粗壮,由基部向亚端部明显膨大,长为直径的2.4倍,梗节较小,具大的拇指状背突。足基节灰黑色,转节亮褐色,股节棕黄色,前足胫节基部棕黄色,端部棕黑色,中、后足胫节棕黑色,具2个明显的棕黄环。翅灰色,翅长8~9mm,具云朵状花纹,翅端灰色,第2、3、5或2、3、4、5后缘室具白斑,翅端带单一,波形。本新种接近土麻虻Haematopota turkestanica(Krober),但后者翅端部及后缘具连续白色边緣;触角柄节粗短、圆柱形,背缘近端部具深的凹陷。也与甘肃麻虻Haematopota kansuensis(Krober)相近,但后者额基胛呈穹形带状,中央无突起或突起不明显,两侧与眼略有接触;侧点圆形,与眼相接触;前足股节灰白色,中、后足股节浅棕白色;翅棕色,具白色点状斑纹,翅尖带单一,细波形。正模:♀,祁连山甘肃省肃南县铧尖乡,1991-Ⅵ-24,刘增加。副模:17♀♀,同正模;29♀♀,产地同正模,1991-Ⅵ-30,刘增加;5♀♀,产地同正模,1991-Ⅵ-25,刘增加;1♀,产地同正模,1991-Ⅵ-19,刘增加。     

陕西的金鹬虻属五新种：双翅目：鹬虻科

双翅目的鹬虻科(Rhagionidae)成虫和幼虫均为捕食性的昆虫,金鹬虻属(Chrysopilus)的种类有些捕食蝗卵、象虫幼虫等而甚有益,国外曾用于生物防治。金鹬虻属为本科的一个大属,已知270余种。我国除台湾省有9种外,仅东北地区记录过一种,最近我们研究了云南和广西的标本又增加了11新种;本文记述陕西的5个新种,有的也分布于甘肃、宁夏和山西等地。新种的模式标本保存在我校昆虫标本室,三斑金鹬虻的一对副模分藏在西北农业大学昆虫博物馆。周氏金鹬虻则以周尧教授的姓氏来命名,感谢他对后辈的热情栽培,对他表示崇高的敬意。     

云南瘤虻属一新种（双翅目：虻科）

本文记述瘤忙属１新种－－药山瘤虻Ｈｙｂｏｍｉｔｒａ ｙａｏｓｈａｎｅｎｓｉｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,模式标本保存在北京军事医学科学院。     

青海省虻科一新种及二种雄虻记述(双翅目:虻科)

本文记述青海省瘤虻属一新种,以及过去未记载的Haemetopota ustulata(Kr(?)ber),Tabanus grandicaudus Xu,的雄虫。模式标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所。 1.无带瘤虻Hybomitra(Tibetomyia)afasciata新种(图1)     

中国柱角水虻属二新种(双翅目,水虻科)(英文)

记述我国柱角水虻属2新种,即黄跗柱角水虻Beris flava sp.nov.,舟曲柱角水虻B.zhouquensis sp.nov.。模式标本保存在中国农业大学昆虫博物馆和中国科学院动物研究所。1黄跗柱角水虻,新种Beris flavasp.nov.(图1～3)新种与端褐柱角水虻B.fuscipes Meigen近似,但复眼的毛短而稀疏,生殖背板无背侧突,生殖突长钩状。正模♂,宁夏径源龙潭,1880m,2008-07-05,刘经贤。副模1♂,同正模。2舟曲柱角水虻,新种Beris zhouquensis sp.nov.(图4～6)新种与指突柱角水虻B.digitata Li,Zhanget Yang近似,但跗节全黑色,生殖突基部无突起。正模♂,甘肃舟曲沙滩林场,2400m,1999-07-17,王洪建。副模1♂,同正模,1999-07-16,姚建采。     

An immunosuppressive peptide from the horsefly inhibits inflammation by repressing macrophage maturation and phagocytosis

Ectoparasites repress host immune responses while they obtain nutrition from their hosts. Understanding the immunosuppressive mechanisms between ectoparasites and their hosts will provide new strategies to develop potential immunosuppressive drugs against immune disorder diseases. Previously, we have discovered that a small peptide, immunoregulin HA, from the horsefly (Hybomitra atriperoides) may play an immunosuppressive role in rat splenocytes. However, the targeting cells and detailed mechanisms of immunoregulin HA in immunosuppressive reactions are not well defined. Here, we show that immunoregulin HA reduces the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines upon lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Interestingly, we discover that the major cytokines repressed by immunoregulin HA are secreted by macrophages, rather than by T cells. Furthermore, immunoregulin HA inhibits macrophage maturation and phagocytosis. Mechanically, the activations of c-JUN N-terminal kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase upon LPS stimulation are decreased by immunoregulin HA. Consistently, immunoregulin HA treatment exhibits an anti-inflammatory activity in a mouse model of adjuvant-induced paw inflammation. Taken together, our data reveal that immunoregulin HA conducts the anti-inflammatory activity by blocking macrophage functions.     

Vasodilatory activity in horsefly and deerfly salivary glands

Salivary gland extract (SGE) of four horsefly species (Hybomitra bimaculata Macquart, Hybomitra ciureai Séguy, Tabanus bromius L., Tabanus glaucopis Meigen) and one deerfly species (Chrysops relictus Meigen) (Diptera: Tabanidae) were shown to contain vasodilatory activity. Aliquots equivalent to 1, 5 and 10 pairs of salivary glands (SG) relaxed rat femoral artery (with intact endothelium) pre-constricted with phenylephrine. Vasodilatory activity was dose-dependent. SGE of one horsefly species (Haematopota pluvialis L.) did not induce relaxation. The kinetics of vasodilation induced by SGE of four horsefly species differed from the deerfly. These results indicate that tabanid species may produce more than one type of vasodilator to aid blood feeding.     

Feeding strategies of the horseflies Hybomitra expollicata and Tabanus bromius in southern France

Blood-feeding success of female horseflies, Hybomitra expollicata Pandellé and Tabanus bromius L. (Diptera: Tabanidae), was studied. Bloodmeal weights of flies permitted different periods of residence on a horse's belly were estimated, and related to subsequent ovarian development and the number of mature eggs produced. Fitness gain per visit to a host (as estimated by the number of mature eggs produced) increased more rapidly with residence time on the host for H.expollicata than for T.bromius. H.expollicata inhibed blood more rapidly and, above a threshold bloodmeal size, produced a consistently higher number of eggs per unit weight of blood ingested. The feeding strategies of the two species are compared.     

Responses of tabanids to Nzi traps baited with octenol,cow urine and phenols in Canada

Cow urine and the two phenols responsible for the attraction of biting flies to cow urine (4‐methylphenol, 3‐n‐propylphenol) were compared with octenol (1‐octen‐3‐ol) as baits for Tabanidae. Relative to an unbaited Nzi trap, catches of the horseflies Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart), Tabanus similis Macquart and Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann (Diptera: Tabanidae) were increased by 1.5–2.6, 1.4–2.0 and 1.4–1.9 times, respectively, whenever a bait included octenol released at either 0.13 mg/h or 1.5 mg/h, regardless of the presence of phenols or urine. Catches were not affected when traps were baited with phenols alone at evaporation rates of 0.38 mg/h (4‐methylphenol) and 0.022 mg/h (3‐n‐propylphenol). Catches of Hybomitra horseflies were increased by 1.5–1.9 times with cow urine and 2.6 times with cow urine + octenol. This bait combination could prove to be particularly useful for Hybomitra horseflies, the common tabanids of northern environments.     

Distribution of halophilous species of horse flies in Croatia (Diptera: Tabanidae)

In the past 20 years, fauna and ecology of horse flies (Tabanidae) were intensively studied in Croatia, especially in the Ramsar sites as wetlands of international importance. Different habitat requirements of larvae were recognised and adults of 78 species in 10 genera were recorded. The true aquatic and semiaquatic larvae are represented by several species of the genera Chrysops Meigen, 1803 Hybomitra Enderlein, 1922. Some species from this ecological group are typical inhabitants of saline biotopes. In the Croatian fauna three halophilous species were recorded: Chrysops italicus Meigen, 1804, Hybomitra acuminata (Loew, 1858) and H. expollicata (Pandellé, 1883). The distribution of these species in Croatia covers 7, 17 and 3 UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) grids, respectively. Specimens were primarily collected in habitats with brackish water along the Adriatic coast, such as Vransko Lake, the mouth of the River Cetina, the delta of the River Neretva and Mljet Island. Only specimens of H. acuminata were recorded in the continental part of Croatia. They were sporadically collected on localities along the Danube floodplain and on four localities near the river Drava. The distribution of H. acuminata in the continental part indicates otherwise rare saline habitats along the Drava and Danube rivers (1.38% of the total catch of the Hybomitra – species from the floodplain).     

Synergism between ammonia and phenols for Hybomitra tabanids in northern and temperate Canada

Baits for tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae) were tested in the Northwest Territories (60 °N) and Ontario (45 °N) using Nzi traps. Tests targeted ammonia, phenols/cow urine and octenol. About 200 000 tabanids were captured in 15 experiments with a maximum capture of 4182 in one trap in 1 day. In the Northwest Territories, phenols, urine and octenol were effective single baits for only some species. At both locations, adding ammonia to an unbaited or an octenol-baited trap had no effect on catches. By contrast, catches were increased for several species when ammonia was combined with phenols or urine. In Ontario, including ammonia in various baits increased catches by 1.5- to 3.4-fold relative to octenol alone for three Hybomitra and one Tabanus species. Synergism between ammonia and phenols was clearly demonstrated for the dominant Hybomitra species in Ontario (Hybomitra lasiophthalma), but not for the dominant species in the Northwest Territories (Hybomitra epistates). In five other northern Hybomitra species, baits of ammonia and/or octenol in combination with phenols resulted in a 1.7- to 4.1-fold increase in catch relative to an unbaited trap. Further tests of ammonia as a synergist for biting flies may prove useful in, for example, tsetse, which respond strongly to phenols.     

Effects of horsefly (Tabanidae) salivary gland extracts on isolated perfused rat heart

The speed with which horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) obtain a bloodmeal suggests they have potent vasodilators. We used isolated perfused rat heart to examine the vasoactivity of salivary gland extracts (SGEs) of three horsefly species, Hybomitra bimaculata Macquart, Tabanus bromius Linnaeus and Tabanus glaucopis Meigen. Administration of horsefly SGEs to the heart produced biphasic coronary responses: a decrease and subsequent increase in coronary flow (CF), characterized by initial vasoconstriction followed by prolonged vasodilation of coronary vessels. However, although SGEs of H. bimaculata induced a significant decrease in left ventricular pressure (LVP), the effect on changes in CF was not significant except at the highest dose tested. The ability to reduce LVP without significantly lowering CF, or affecting heart rate and rhythm, represents a unique set of properties that have considerable therapeutic potential if they can be reproduced by a single molecule.     

Anticoagulant activities in salivary glands of tabanid flies

Tabanid flies are telmophages (pool feeders), taking frequent and rapid bloodmeals from many different individual hosts. To investigate how they accomplish this intermittent feeding strategy, we examined the anticoagulant activities in salivary gland extracts (SGE) from 19 species representing six genera: Atylotus, Chrysops, Haematopota, Heptatoma, Hybomitra and Tabanus (Diptera: Tabanidae). Standard coagulation screen assays were used to determine thrombin time, prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time. Chromogenic substrate assays were performed for thrombin and factor Xa activity. SGE of most species (except Chrysops spp.) considerably prolonged human plasma clotting time in a dose-dependent manner, and showed potent and specific antithrombin activity in the chromogenic substrate assay. Heptatoma pellucens displayed the strongest anticoagulant activity. Specific anti-factor Xa activity in tabanid SGE was not detected. Electrophoretic profiles of SGE proteins differed between genera and species. Overall, the results suggest that tabanids have evolved at least two antihaemostatic strategies.