两种硬蜱哈氏器的嗅觉功能

一般认为硬蜱足Ⅰ跗节上的哈氏器(Haller's organ)是它的嗅觉器官。 D.A.Haggart等(1979)用电生理技术研究哈氏器对刺激的反应能力,曾用血红扇头蜱Rhipicephalus sanguineus Letreille研究它对氨的神经原放电反应。曾证明在浓度较低的氨(0.2—72×10~(-9)mol/sec)的刺激下就引起电位的反应,氨是诱使其趋向动物宿主的物质;于1981年又以电生理方法证明美洲花蜱Amblyomma americanus对信息素2,6-二氯酚敏感,此敏感的神经原在足Ⅰ跗节前凹。我们用中华硬蜱Ixodes sinensis Teng和缺角血蜱Haemaphysalis inermis Birula为材料,观察该两种硬蜱的哈氏器对弱酸、弱碱气味的电生理反应,今简报如下。     

革蜱成虫哈氏器的扫描电镜观察

本文报道了用扫描电镜观察革蜱属8种成虫的哈氏器.其中三种成虫(阿坝革蜱D. ahaensis、金泽革蜱D. auratus和中华革蜱D. sinicus)的哈氏器结构是首次报道,并与其他属6种成虫的哈氏器进行了比较,以阐明其形态特征及其在分类中的意义.另外,还将这14种成虫哈氏器与各自未成熟期的哈氏器进行了比较.分析和讨论了同种不同时期哈氏器结构的异同.东洋区的金泽革蜱和古北区的革蜱种类间,在孔毛形状,位置及基盘数目上有明显差别,而后者中,边缘革蜱D. marginatus的孔毛位于近端外侧,草原革蜱D. nuttalli和网纹革蜱D. reticulatus的孔毛位于远瑞外侧,其余种类无明显差别.     

硬蜱盾窝腺释放性信息素

用生物测定和对盾窝进行x-射线微区分析相结合的方法,研究了亚洲璃眼蜱雌蜱性信息素的释放与吸血和交配的关系.生物测定结果表明:雌蜱通过盾窝释放性信息素,有性活力动能的雄蜱有所反应,爬向雌蜱进行交配.雌蜱吸血后第1天,有反应的雄蜱数目显著增加;吸血后的第3—5天,有反应的雄蜱数目达到最高峰,交配后有反应雄蜱的数目明显下降.如果用指甲油封闭雌蜱盾窝,有反应的雄蜱数目显著减少.由于性信息素的有效成分为2,6-二氯酚,故用x-射线微区分析方法测定盾窝氯含量的变化,可以表明雌蜱性信息素的释放量,其结果与生物测定结果一致:未吸血的雌蜱台氯水平为0.62,吸血后第1—2天均增到5.87,有非常显著的差异(P<0.001).吸血后第3—5天含氯水平为10.23,达到最高峰,与吸血后第1—2天的相比,差异也很显著(p<0.001).与雄蜱交配后含氯不平又降至0.89,性信息素含量明显降低,与来吸血的雌蜱含量接近.     

硬蜱哈氏器嗅觉功能的研究

研究了五种硬蜱的哈氏器在不同虫期(若虫和成虫)和不同营养状态(饱或饿)对不同浓度的弱酸、弱碱以及对低温刺激的电生理反应.此外,比较了四种硬蜱成虫对五种驱避剂的行为反应.结果表明,硬蜱哈氏器能够感受氨和醋酸蒸气的刺激,反应的相对强度在一定范围内随蒸气浓度而变化.哈氏器还能感受温度的变化.从行为反应见到驱避剂对不同种类硬蜱的驱避强度不同,每种蜱对不同药物的敏感性也不同.截肢试验证明哈氏器是驱避剂的感受器.     

蜱类的信息素

<正> 信息素的研究近年有很大进展,昆虫的信息素现在可以分离,提纯,有些还可以合成并在生产实践中应用。近年的研究工作也表明,蜱螨类和昆虫一样,也产生信息素,尤其在蜱类更为普遍。 蜱类的信息素也有两类,即性信息素(sex pheromonc)和集聚信息素(assembly pheromone)。 性信息素在蜱类中普遍存在,现已发现革蜱,花婢、扇头蜱、硬蜱和牛蜱等属的种类都能产生。雌虫在吸血时释放性信息素,以吸引吸食中的雄虫,硬蜱科的性信息素,可用己烷、戊烷或石油醚等有机溶沼提取,它的成分在多数蜱类为2,6-2氯酚(2,6—dichlorophenol),如在血红扇头蜱Rhipicephalus sanguineus(Latreille).安氏革蜱Dermacentor andersoni Stiles,变异革蜱D.variabilis Say等。有些蜱类雌虫的提取物也含有石碳酸     

革蜱未成熟期哈氏器的扫描电镜研究

用扫描电镜观察了革蜱属8种幼虫和若虫的哈氏器,并与其他属5种幼虫和4种若虫的哈氏器进行比较,以阐明其形态特征及其在分类中的意义。其中,9种幼虫和8种若虫哈氏器的结构是首次报道。革蜱属幼期哈氏器的囊孔形状、前窝感毛数目及其中孔毛的位置等与其他属不同。东洋区的金泽革蜱与古北区的革蜱种类之间,在孔毛形状、位置和幼虫近端缝孔的位置上有明显差别。而后者中,阿坝革蜱幼虫一般无近端缝孔;网纹革蜱幼虫和若虫的囊孔形状和幼虫的近端缝孔的位置与其他种类不同。但其余几种革蜱幼虫和若虫的哈氏器无显著差别。     

性信息素2，6-二氯酚在长角血蜱交配行为中的作用

长角血蜱Haemaphysalis longicornis的交配行为包括7个时期,行为的完成依赖于性信息素的调节。生物测定表明：雄蜱的行为反应受雌蜱分泌的性信息素影响。堵塞雌蜱盾窝其行为受到抑制,点滴2,6-DCP或雌蜱盾窝腺提取物则被恢复。用气相色谱法测定了雌蜱盾窝腺中2,6-DCP的含量;吸血后1～２天含量最高(11.12 ng/只);吸血后3～５天即交配前下降交维持在一较恒定的水平;吸血后6～７天即交配后明显降低;饱血后检测不到2,6-DCP。2,6-DCP是长角血蜱性信息素的一种成分。     

草原革蜱和森林革蜱幼虫的形态学研究

将采自不同地区的草原革蜱Dermucentor nuttalli Olenev和森林革蜱Dermaeentor silvarumOlenev成虫在实验室中培养,对所获幼虫的形态特征用生物统计方法进行分析。结果证明,革蜱幼虫的一些形态变异很大,同一种革蜱采自不同地区或不同雌虫所产的幼虫的个体变异甚至比种间变异还大。所以,前人根据个别地区少量材料所描述的上述幼虫形态特征及所做的检索表,不能广泛适用。作者分析了大量材料后,找出上述两种幼虫较稳定的鉴别特征。根据假头宽和盾板长可以区分草原革蜱和森林革蜱;按照肩毛(Sc)和第一对背中毛(Cd₁)的长度可以把上述两种幼虫与我国北部分布的其他三种革蜱(边缘革蜱、银盾革蜱和网纹革蜱)区别开来。     

一种收集蜱类唾液的方法

建立了一种收集蜱类唾液的方法。注射多巴胺(20mgmL)10μL于森林革蜱DermacentorsilvarumOlenev吸血雌蜱血腔内,可使唾液腺分泌唾液,用毛细管连续收集30min,可得唾液15～20μL蜱。     

森林革蜱雌蜱唾液腺的结构与变化(英文)

森林革蜱 (DermacentorsilvarumOlenev)雌蜱唾液腺由唾液腺管和大量的腺泡组成。从假头基到唾液腺末端 ,唾液腺管分为三部分 ,即中央腺管、主分支腺管和小叶管。球状的腺泡分布在各级腺管上。气管和中央腺管并行。腺泡呈圆形或近圆形 ,表面呈褶皱状 ,并有细小的气管分布。饥饿雌蜱唾液腺长度短 (5 4 7 3 3 μm) ;吸血后长度增加 ,吸血后 3天达到最大值 (1 1 0 9 40 μm)。从吸血后 3天到饱血后前 3 天 ,无明显变化 ,饱血后 4天明显缩短 (5 0 0 0 0 μm)。饥饿雌蜱的腺泡直径短 (45 2 4 μm) ,吸血期逐渐增大 ,吸血后 5天达到最大值 (74 1 0 μm)。饱血后腺泡逐渐萎缩并于饱血后 4天退化。     

Phenol and lactone receptors in the distal sensilla of the Haller's organ in Ixodes ricinus ticks and their possible role in host perception

Extract of steer wool odor was found to excite olfactory receptor(s) in a wall-pore olfactory sensillum on the distal knoll of the Haller's organ. Three active volatile compounds were revealed in this odor by gas chromatography. Electrophysiological experiments revealed two types of receptors (sensory neurons) within the sensilla examined. One type of receptor responded only to phenolic derivatives, such as o-chlorophenol, o-bromophenol, o-methylphenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol, 2,6-dibromophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, but not to o-nithrophenol, p-methylphenol, 2,5-dichlorophenol, 3,5-dichlorophenol, 2,6-dinithrophenol, 2,6-dimethylphenol, and pentachlorophenol. The other type of receptor responded only to gamma-valerolactone. It is assumed that these cells play an important role in perception of a host from long distances (10-15 m), which is typical of Ixodes ricinus ticks.     

Tip-recording from ixodid tick olfactory sensilla: Responses to tick related odours

Summary The tip-recording technique was used to obtain electrophysiological responses from the tarsal olfactory sensilla, md3 and apl, in ixodid ticks,Rhipicephalus appendiculatus andAmblyomma variegatum. Stimuli tested were phenolic compounds, 2,6-dichlorophenol,P-cresol, phenol and salicylaldehyde, reported to act as sex pheromone of various ixodid ticks. Certain cells responded to vapours from cartridges charged with as little as 0.04ng of 2,6-dichlorophenol while at least 200 g of any of the other compounds was required to exert the minimum effect. Response patterns of cells in sexually immature and mature males were similar but response levels were higher among sexually immature males. Vapours fromn-hexane washings of adult and larval ticks or from live virgin females contained potent stimuli which caused response patterns similar to those evoked by 2,6-dichlorophenol. The chemical identity and behavioural significance of those stimuli are still under investigation.     

Regeneration of Haller's sensory organ in the tickIxodes ricinus L.

Amputation of legs in nymphs of ticks, obtained from the first laboratory generation, resulted in regeneration of the legs after moulting to adults. Haller's sensory organ on the upper surface of each foreleg tarsus was significantly modified following regeneration. Haller's organ in non-amputated legs of the experimental ticks remained unchanged, being comparable to controls.Pored olfactory sensilla in the anterior pit, in a capsule and on a distal knoll usually increased in number, as well as grooved, thin and conical sensilla. Bordering gustatory and double-walled postcapsular sensilla either decreased or increased in number. All additional sensilla were consistent in their location. Form of the anterior pit and capsule's aperture also deeply changed after the regeneration. The authors distinguish this changes as atavistic.No correlation between changes in different parts of the organ were found.A phenomenon of induction was discovered in our study: if a distal part of tick's gnathosoma was amputated together with the left foreleg, Haller's organ in the right, untreated leg possessed the same changes after moulting as the regenerated organ in the previously amputated left foreleg.     

Regeneration of Haller's sensory organ in the tick, Ixodes rubicundus (Acari: Ixodidae)

A study of regeneration in nymphs and adults of the South African tick Ixodes (Afrixodes) rubicundus, from which the forelegs had been amputated during the previous instar, revealed that the structural changes in regenerated Haller's sensory organs resemble those observed in other ixodid ticks, in particular in another prostriate tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus. The adult regenerates re-establish their atavistic features in terms of the increased number of different sensilla on the distal knoll, in the anterior pit and the capsule. The nymphal regenerates, in contrast, re-establish the features of the previous instar through a reduction in the number of some sensilla on the distal knoll and in the post-capsular area. The structural changes in different compartments of the organ appear independent. The phenomenon of regenerative induction through the appearance of specific changes in Haller's organ of the contralateral non-treated foreleg is probably characteristic only of prostriate ticks. A unique modification in the regenerated Haller's organ as revealed by duplication of the Haller's organ capsule was discovered in both I. rubicundus nymphs and adult ticks.     

Identification of vertebrate volatiles stimulating olfactory receptors on tarsus I of the tick Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius (Ixodidae)

Bovine odour excites olfactory receptor(s) in a wall-pore olfactory sensillum on the anterior pit of Haller's organ in Amblyomma variegatum. Gas chromatography-coupled electrophysiology recordings from this sensillum reveal the presence of 4 active compounds in bovine odour. The two strongest stimulants were identified as 2-nitrophenol and 4-methyl-2-nitrophenol by gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry, and by matching electrophysiological activity of synthetic analogues. Synthetic analogues of known vertebrate-associated volatiles also stimulate other olfactory receptors in sensilla on the surface of tarsus I: a lactone receptor responding to -valerolactone and 6-caprolactone; different fatty acid receptor types responding best to either pentanoic acid, 2-methylpropanoic acid or to butanoic acid; three receptors responding to NH₃; and one receptor responding to 3-pentanone. Gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry analysis of vertebrate volatiles revealed presence of a number of these olfactory stimulants in concentrates of rabbit and steer odour, i.e. 2-methylpropanoic acid, butanoic acid, 3-methylbutanoic acid, pentanoic acid, and -valerolactone.Abbreviations GC-EL gas chromatography-coupled electrophysiological recording - GC-MS gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry     

革螨跗感器的结构和功能

本文进一步研究了:④厩真厉螨截肢前后的爬行行为,表明第1对足其感觉功能;②用古拉广厉螨分别截各对足驱避反应的对比试验,见到只有当截去第1对足跗节时失去嗅觉功能,而截去第Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ对足时,各组都仍有嗅觉功能;⑤对格氏血厉螨、厩真厉螨、毒厉螨和鼠颚毛厉螨进行涂漆前后的驱避试验,显示当跗感器被涂满封闭,则嗅觉功能消失;④以0.5%结晶紫或龙胆紫液染色的截肢标本,观察了厩真厉螨、毒厉螨、格氏血厉螨、古拉广厉螨及尾足螨股一种螨,足Ⅰ跗节末端凹窝中,至少都存在两类感毛,钝钉型感毛和长而尖的刚毛型感毛;⑤厩真厉螨雌螨和幼螨跗感器的钝钉毛分别为8根和5根,另外各有2根短而尖的毛,分别测定了长度,描述了形态特点;⑥透射电镜观察厩真厉螨、毒厉螨等的跗感器钝钉毛,毛外围有表皮壁,壁上有很多微孔,内有中心腔,腔内有树突。属化感器——嗅觉器;⑦电生理技术研究,当用氨和醋酸的气体刺激厩真厉螨、毒厉螨的离体足Ⅰ时,均产生明显的应激电位差,充分证明足Ⅰ辩节有嗅觉功能。     

Tarsal sensory complex of the red chicken mite Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae)

The tarsal sensory complex of the red chicken mite Dermanyssus gallinae is situated on dorsal surface of each fore leg near the claw. It comprises 28 sensilla of 5 morphological types: 4 SW-UP (single-wall upper-pore) (gustatory organs), 8 SW-WP (single-wall wall-pore) (olfactory organs), 8 DW-WP (double-wall wall-pore) of two subtypes (thermo-chemoreceptory organs), 6 NP-TB (no pore--tubular body) (tactile organs), and 2 reduced sensilla. No sex or stage dimorphism was revealed. Morphological data point to the fact that tarsal sensory complex of the red chicken mite is mainly an organ detecting temperature changes and olfactory stimula.     

Fine structure of tarsal sensory organs in the whip spider Admetus pumilio (Amblypygi, Arachnida).

The sensory organs on the tarsi of the antenniform first legs of the whip spider Admetus pumilio C. L. Koch (Amblypygi, Arachnida) were examined with the scanning and transmission electron microscope. At least four different types of hair sensilla were found: (1) thick-walled bristles, which have the characteristics of contact chemoreceptors (several chemoreceptive dendrites in the lumen plus two mechanoreceptors at the base); (2) short club sensilla, innervated by 4-6 neurons which terminate in a pore on the tip; they are possibly humidity receptors; (3) porous sensilla, which are either innervated by 20-25 neurons and have typical pore tubules, or they have 40-45 neurons but no pore tubules; both types are considered to be olfactory; (4) rod sensilla occur in clusters near segmental borders; they are innervated by only one large dendrite which branches inside the lumen. Other tarsal receptors are the claws, which correspond to contact chemoreceptors, and the pit organ which resembles the tarsal organ of spiders. Compared to other arthropod sensilla, the contact chemoreceptors are very similar to those of spiders, while the porous sensilla correspond structurally to olfactory receptors in insects; the club and rod sensilla seem to be typical for amblypygids.