吉林省丽金龟科(昆虫纲:鞘翅目)昆虫物种多样性

为了解吉林省丽金龟科Rutelidae昆虫物种多样性以及其在不同农业昆虫地理区域之间差异,2010-2012年连续三年对吉林省5个亚区38个取样地点进行了调查。共采集到丽金龟科昆虫标本2913号,隶属6属13种,其中多色异丽金龟Anomala chamaeleon(56.7%)、黄褐异丽金龟Anomala exoleta(16.2%)和中华弧丽金龟Popillia quadriguttat(12.0%)是优势物种。吉林省不同地理区域丽金龟科昆虫物种组成和多样性差异明显,吉东南区(A区)优势种是多色异丽金龟,吉中西区(B区)优势种是黄褐异丽金龟和中华弧丽金龟;吉林省中部的A3亚区和B1亚区的多样性指数、均匀度指数较高;吉林省最西部B2亚区的多样性指数、均匀度指数、物种丰富度指数最低,优势度指数最高。相似性分析结果表明,A区中3个亚区之间相似性系数较高,而A区各亚区和B区各亚区间相似系数较低。     

中国桂毛异丽金龟物种群及其分类问题讨论：鞘翅目;丽金龟科

桂毛异丽金龟物种群（Ａｎｏｍａｌａｈｉｒｓｕｔｕｌａｓｐｅｃｉｅｓｇｒｏｕｐ）是山居类群,外部形态彼此十分近似,容易混淆。体型中等,全体被不甚密可见红褐底色的短毛,背面刻点甚密,鞘翅背面有６条深沟行,行距圆脊状隆起。本篇包括国内迄今已知种类１５种,其中新种１０种,新异名１种,新纪录３种,恢复原种名１种。篇内对旧种的分类间题进行了讨论。种名有：闽毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔｎｄｅｓｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,桂毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔｕｌａＮｏｎｆｒｉｅｄ,湘毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｔｒｉｃｈｏｐｈｏｒａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,赣毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｍｏｎｔａｎａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,川毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｐｉｌｏｅｌｌａＦａｉｒｍａｉｒｅ,黔毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｓｕｂｐｉｌｏｓａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,长毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｓｕｂｔｒｉｎａｔａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,叉毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｓｕｂｔｏｍｅｎｔｅｌｌａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,疣毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｐｌａｎｉｃａｕｄａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,云毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｉｗａｓｅｉＭｉｙａｋｅ,斧毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｓａｐａＭｉｙａｋｅ,缅毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｌｉｇｎｅａＡｒｒｏｗ,脊毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｃａｐｉｌｌｕｌａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,短毛异丽金龟Ａ．ｂｒｅｖｉｈｉｒｔａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．和     

弧丽金龟属新种记述(鞘翅目:丽金龟科)

本篇记述分布于我国西南地区的弧丽金龟属 Popillia Serville 9个新种。大斑弧丽金龟 Popillia cerinimaculata,新种 体长:8—8.5毫米,体宽:4.5—4.8毫米。 黑或深黑褐,具漆光,鞘翅基部中央有一红褐大斑(为黑褐鞘缝分隔),斑外侧不超过肩疣,向后有时伸过中部;有时前胸背板后缘中部和小盾片边缘色较浅。臀板基部有2个     

中国珂丽金龟属分类研究（鞘翅目：丽金龟科）

总结中国现知的丽金龟科丽金龟属种类共5种,其中包括2新种。     

云南异丽金龟属新种记述（鞘翅目：丽金龟科）

记述采自云南省的丽金龟科异丽金龟属的１７个新种。     

中国丽金龟亚科昆虫分类学研究进展

丽金龟亚科Rutelinae隶属于鞘翅目Coleoptera多食亚目Polyphaga金龟总科Scarabaeoidea金龟科Scarabaeidae。世界性分布,全世界已知7族235属4 200余种,中国目前记录3族25属（亚属）,共526种（亚种）。丽金龟成虫为植食性,可取食植物范围广,幼虫土栖,主要取食植物根部,部分种类是农林业害虫。因此,对其开展分类学研究,对农林业生产具有理论意义。本文通过全面核查文献及统计分析,回顾和总结了丽金龟亚科分类学研究历史,并重点介绍了我国的研究现状。目前已开展的丽金龟亚科研究工作仍以新种发表为主,缺乏高质量的分类修订工作及系统发育研究。另外,丽金龟亚科是鞘翅目中重要的植食性昆虫之一,开展深入的生物多样性研究,对于探讨甲虫的多样性和与植物协同进化关系有重要意义。     

铜绿丽金龟和黄褐丽金龟幼虫感染Bt HBF-1菌株后的病症及中肠组织病理变化

研究了丽金龟科(Rutelidae) 铜绿丽金龟Anomala corpulenta和黄褐丽金龟A. exoleta幼虫感染苏云金芽孢杆菌Bacillus thuringiensis HBF-1菌株后的病症,并采用组织切片的方法研究了感染HBF-1菌株后中肠的组织病理变化。结果表明： 丽金龟科幼虫感染HBF-1菌株后,初期幼虫无明显感病症状,随着感染时间的延长,逐渐出现反应迟钝、麻痹、丧失条件反射能力等症状,最终虫体变黑、伸直或是收缩,直至死亡,时间稍长便会呈腐稠状。在相差显微镜下观察中肠组织切片发现,感染3 d时,肠壁细胞出现变形及空洞;7 d时,细胞破坏更加严重,甚至无法辨认细胞形状;10 d时,肠壁细胞开始脱离底膜;新鲜死虫,肠壁细胞连同细胞内含物全部脱离,仅留底膜。     

中国蓝盾异丽金龟种组及其分类问题讨论（鞘翅目：丽金龟科）

本文根据主要外部形态和雌雄外生殖器的相似程度引用为亲缘远近度的参照,将异丽金龟属中的蓝盾异丽金龟（Ａｎｏｍａｌａ ｓｅｍｉｃａｔａｎｅａ Ｆａｉｒｍａｉｒｅ）、红翅异丽金龟（Ａ．ｒｕｆｉｔｈｏｒａｘ Ｏｈａｕｓ）、石门异丽金龟（Ａ．ｓｈｉｍｅｎｅｎｓｉｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．）、砖红异丽金龟（Ａ．ｉｎｓｕｌｉｃｏｌａ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ）和墨背异丽金龟（Ａ．ａｔｒｏｖｉｒｅｎｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．）种设为蓝背异丽     

铜绿丽金龟的室内人工饲养

对室内饲养铜绿丽金龟Anomala corpulenta Motschulsky的方法和主要影响因子进行了研究。结果表明：室内饲养的铜绿丽金龟种群完成一个世代平均为272.3天,3龄幼虫期比田间种群缩短了103.8天。在饲养过程中,幼虫的生长容易受到土壤湿度、食料、病原微生物的影响。卵的孵化率为86.0%,1龄、2龄和3龄幼虫的存活率分别为82.0%、76.0%和60.0%。10和15日龄幼虫在含有马铃薯的土壤中饲养14天后的死亡率分别为8.8%±16%和4.0%±1.6%,明显低于初孵幼虫及5日龄幼虫的死亡率,可以作为生物测定的最佳供试幼虫。紫外线处理的壤土和沙壤土中铜绿丽金龟幼虫可以正常生长,死亡率较低。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.