中国内蒙古东部厕蝇属一新种（双翅目：厕蝇科）

描述采自内蒙古东部呼伦贝尔盟林区绰尔镇干多林场的厕蝇属一新种,定名为肖氏厕蝇Ｆａｎｎｉａ ｘｉａｏｉ Ｆａｎ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,以读肖刚柔教授对森林昆虫学的贡献,新种隶金翅厕蝇群Ｆａｎｎｉａ ｍｅｔａｌｌｉｐｅｎｎｉｓ－ｇｒｏｕｐ,与尼泊尔产的球尾厕蝇Ｆ．ｇｌｏｂｏｓａ Ｎｉｓｈｉｄａ,１９９４近似,但♂腹部底色、中足、后足及♂性尾器等均不同。模式标本存上海昆虫研究所。     

中国厕蝇属炭色厕蝇种团记述（双翅目：厕蝇科）

炭色厕蝇种团Fannia carbonaria group是厕蝇属Fannia中的12个种团之一。该种团全世界已知20种,主要分布于全北界。报道了产自中国的该种团8个种的名录及分布,编制了该种团分种检索表,对其中2个新种F.antilocera sp．nov．,F.tauricornis sp．nov．和1个国内新记录种F.imperatoria Nishina,2002分别予以记述。新种F.antilocerasp．nov．同小须厕蝇F.minutipalpis(Stein,1895)相近缘,但后触角第三节长为宽的3倍,盾片具灰色粉被,后足股节后腹鬃列分布到基部2／3处,尾器明显不同等可予以区别。新种F.tauricornis sp．nov．同羊角厕蝇F.capricornis Xue,1996相近缘,但新种触角第三节长为宽的3倍,前缘基鳞黄色,足暗棕色;第一腹板具毛,侧尾叶后缘中部无角形突出,杆状突分为两个短突等即可区别;另与本亚种团的F.trigonfera Chillcott,1961,F．japonica japonica Nishida,1974,F．japonica amamiensis Nishida,1975亦相近,但新种肛尾叶外侧突横臂较长,侧尾叶后缘中部无角形突出,杆状突分为2个短突等亦可区别。新种模式标本和其它研究标本均保存于沈阳师范大学昆虫研究所昆虫标本室。     

中国厕蝇属一新种（双翅目：厕蝇科）

本文记述采自山西省的厕蝇属Ｆａｎｎｉａ Ｒ．－Ｄ．,１８３０一新种。录属于瘤胫厕蝇群ｘｃａｌａｒｉｓ－ｇｒｏｕｐ,胸刺厕蝇亚群ｆｕｓｃｕｌａ－ｓｕｂｇｒｏｕｐ,命名为突尾厕蝇Ｆａｎｎｉａ ｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｉｃａｕｄａ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,新种模式标本保存于山西省大同市地方病防治所。     

四川省厕蝇属一新种(双翅目：厕蝇科)

记述采自四川省厕蝇属Fannia R.-D.,1830一新种,隶属于明而厕蝇群serena-group,桑厕蝇亚群mollissima-subgroup,命名为小盾厕蝇 Fammia scutellaris sp.nov.,新种模式标本保存于沈阳师范学院昆虫研究所。     

中国厕蝇属一新种记述(双翅目:厕蝇科)

记述采自浙江龙王山蝇属一新种,三叉厕蝇Ｆａｎｎｉａ ｔｒｉａｅｎｏｃｅｒａｃａ Ｘｕｅ ｅｔ Ｙａｎｇ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．新种与裂叶厕蝇Ｆａｎｎｉａ ｓｃｉｓｓｉｆｏｌｉａ Ｘｕｅ,Ｗａｎｇ ｅｔ Ｈｕａｎｇ,１９９７近似,但是复眼具明显疏长发,前胫县１亚中位前背景,肛尾叶中在分三叉,分村中中间交长的１／２,侧尾叶上侧突内缓小刺在端部,下估侧面观较细长县无毛等特征可区别。正模♂,浙江龙王山１９９６－０     

中国四川厕蝇属六新种(双翅目,厕蝇科)

记述厕蝇科厕蝇属6新种,分别命名为:拟明厕蝇Fannia similiserena sp.nov.,巨斑厕蝇Fannia maximiguttatus sp.nov.,铗叶厕蝇Fannia labidocerca sp.nov.,毛簇厕蝇Fannia dasytophacela sp.nov.,毛胫厕蝇Fannia hirtitibia sp.nov.和长跗厕蝇Fannia tanotarsis sp.nov..模式标本保存于沈阳师范大学昆虫研究所.     

内蒙古厕蝇属一新种(双翅目:厕蝇科)

报道了采自内蒙古自治区阿拉善右旗的厕蝇科１新种,命名为阿拉善厕蝇。模式标本保存于沈阳师范学院昆虫研究所。     

中国厕蝇属二新种记述(双翅目:厕蝇科)(英文)

本文记述分别采自山西省和湖南省厕蝇属2新种,多突厕蝇FanniapolystylataWangetXue,sp.nov,新种与FanniaFuscinataChillcott,1961近缘,但触角第3节长为宽的2．5倍,盾片具暗褐色纵条,前中鬃呈2列,腋瓣淡黄色,各足股、胫节黄色,后股无后腹鬃列等即可区别。正模♂,山西省沁水,1991－06－16,王明福采、裂叶厕蝇FanniascissifoliaXue,WangetHuang,sp．nov.,新种与FanniaedentulaNishda,1973近缘,但复眼裸,触角第3节长为宽的2．5倍,盾片无纵条,腋瓣黄色,中胫后背鬃3,后面观侧尾叶上枝较直,其内侧具齿状利等即可区别。正模♂,湖南省常德,1984－03－11,黄耀明采;副模3♂♂,同正模。模式标本保存于沈阳师范学院昆虫研究所。     

厕蝇属二新种记述（双翅目：厕蝇科)

记述分别采自我国吉林省和云南省的厕蝇属FanniaR.-D.,18302新种：虎足厕蝇Fannia tigripeda sp.nov.和叶猴厕蝇Fannia pileatus sp.nov.。     

中国厕蝇属一新种及川西厕蝇雌性记述(双翅目,厕蝇科)(英文)

记述了中国产厕蝇属Fannia R.-D.1新种:暗棒厕蝇Fannia kelaenohaltera sp. nov,并与近缘种明厕蝇Fannia serena(Fann,1825)进行了比较鉴别其主要区别在于新种腋瓣淡黄色,平衡棒暗褐色,后足腹节前腹鬃列完整,均长大,触角第3节长为宽的1.5倍,腹部具灰黄色粉被,雄第5腹板宽大于长,在其基部较狭等。同时对川西厕蝇Fannia grahahi Chillcott,1961进行了雌性补充描述。新种模式标本保存于沈阳师范大学化学与生命科学学院昆虫标本室。正模♂,新疆托木尔峰海拔2 600m,1977-06-22,韩寅恒采。副模2♂♂,新疆托木尔峰海拔2 600m,1977-06-22,韩寅恒采。词源:暗棒厕蝇的名称来源于雄性平衡棒的颜色呈暗褐色的特征。     

Fertility in first-generation hybrids of roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.), and silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna (L.)

Fertility in first‐generation hybrids of roach, Rutilus rutilus, and silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna, was investigated. Sperm and egg production of hybrids at first sexual maturity were examined. Eggs from female hybrids were artificially fertilized with the sperm of a corresponding hybrid male; a hybrid male from the reciprocal crossbreeding; a parental species male R. rutilus; and a parental species male B. bjoerkna. The results revealed that gametogenesis was normal in female hybrids. However, in male hybrids, a low efficiency of gametogenesis was observed. The semen of male hybrids was extremely dilute, with spermatozoa concentration lower than that in parental species. Nevertheless, these F1 hybrids (males and females) from reciprocal crossbreeding were fertile. F2 and backcross generations were produced, but F2 crosses from the female hybrid and corresponding hybrid male displayed a drastically slower hatching rate. Also higher proportions of deformed embryos were hatched than in other post‐F1‐generation crosses.     

Ephemeroptera from Central and South America: New Species of the Farrodes bimaculatus Group with a Key for the Males

The genus Farrodes was recently revised, and two species groups were delimited: Farrodes caribbianus and Farrodes bimaculatus. In that paper the species of the F. caribbianus species group were described or redescribed. In the F. bimaculatus species group eight undescribed species were treated but not described. In the present paper, these new species of the F. bimaculatus species group are described and discussed and a key for the separation of all the species known from male imagines in this group is provided.     

Sexual specialization in two tropical dioecious figs

Ficus species (figs) and their species-specific pollinator wasps are involved in an intimate mutualism in which wasps lay eggs in some ovaries of the closed inflorescences (syconia), and mature, inseminated offspring carry pollen from mature syconia to fertilize receptive inflorescences. In monoecious species, each syconium produces seeds and wasps. In functionally dioecious fig species, making up approximately half the figs worldwide, male and female functions are separated; hermaphrodite (functionally male) trees produce wasps and pollen only, while female trees produce seeds only. This sexual separation allows selection to act independently on the reproductive biology of each sex. Examining sexual specialization in a tight mutualism allows us to determine aspects of the mutualism that are flexible and those that are canalized. In this study, we quantified the phenology of two species of dioecious figs, F. exasperata and F. hispida, for 2 years by following the fates of several thousand syconia over time. In studying each of these species in a dry and a wet site in south India, we tested specific predictions of how dioecious figs might optimize sexual function. On female trees of both species, more inflorescences matured during the wet (monsoon) season than in any other season; this fruiting period enabled seeds to be produced during the season most suitable for germination. In F. exasperata, functionally male trees released most wasps from mature syconia in the dry season, during peak production of receptive female syconia, and thus maximized successful pollination. In F. hispida, “male” trees produced more syconia in the dry and monsoon seasons than in the post-monsoon season. In both species, male and female trees abscised more unpollinated, young inflorescences than pollinated inflorescences, but abscission appeared to be more likely due to resource- rather than pollinator- limitation. The phenology of F. exasperata requires that male inflorescences wait in receptive phase for scarce pollinators to arrive. As expected, male inflorescences of this species had a longer receptive phase than female inflorescences. In F. hispida, where pollinators are rarely scarce, duration of receptive phase was the same for both sexes. Duration of developing phase was longer in female syconia of both species than in male syconia, most likely because they need a longer period of investment in a fleshy fruit. Variation in developing phase of female syconia in one species (F. exasperata) was also greater than that in male syconia, and enabled female trees to sample a variety of germination environments in time. The strong sexual differences in both fig species support the hypothesis that selection for sexual specialization has strongly influenced the reproductive biology of these species. Received: 28 May 1997 / Accepted: 2 February 1998     

Molecular approaches identify known species, reveal cryptic species and verify host specificity of Chinese Philotrypesis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Philotrypesis, a major component of the fig wasp community (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), is a model taxon for studying male fighting and mating behaviour. Its extreme sexual dimorphism and male polymorphism render species identification uncertain and in-depth research on its ecology, behaviour and other evolutionary topics challenging. The fig wasps' enclosed habitat within the syconia makes their mating behaviour inaccessible, to the extent of matching conspecific females and males. In this study, we combine morphological and molecular analyses to identify species of Philotrypesis sampled from south China and to associate their extraordinarily dimorphic genders and labile male morphologies. Morphological evaluations of females identify 22 species and 28 male morphs. The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I and nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 data detect 21 species using females, and 15 species among the males. Most of the males match the species as delimited by females. Both markers reveal cryptic species in P. quadrisetosa on Ficus vasculosa. Most species of wasps live on one species of fig but three species co-occur in two hosts (F. microcarpa and F. benjamina), which indicates host switching.     

Do Red Deer Stags (Cervus elaphus) Use Roar Fundamental Frequency (F0) to Assess Rivals?

It is well established that in humans, male voices are disproportionately lower pitched than female voices, and recent studies suggest that this dimorphism in fundamental frequency (F0) results from both intrasexual (male competition) and intersexual (female mate choice) selection for lower pitched voices in men. However, comparative investigations indicate that sexual dimorphism in F0 is not universal in terrestrial mammals. In the highly polygynous and sexually dimorphic Scottish red deer Cervus elaphus scoticus, more successful males give sexually-selected calls (roars) with higher minimum F0s, suggesting that high, rather than low F0s advertise quality in this subspecies. While playback experiments demonstrated that oestrous females prefer higher pitched roars, the potential role of roar F0 in male competition remains untested. Here we examined the response of rutting red deer stags to playbacks of re-synthesized male roars with different median F0s. Our results show that stags’ responses (latencies and durations of attention, vocal and approach responses) were not affected by the F0 of the roar. This suggests that intrasexual selection is unlikely to strongly influence the evolution of roar F0 in Scottish red deer stags, and illustrates how the F0 of terrestrial mammal vocal sexual signals may be subject to different selection pressures across species. Further investigations on species characterized by different F0 profiles are needed to provide a comparative background for evolutionary interpretations of sex differences in mammalian vocalizations.     

Mating Behavior and Species Status of Host-Associated Populations of the Polyphagous Thrips, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Frankliniella schultzei</Emphasis>

The thrips taxon, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom, could possibly comprise a complex of unrecognised cryptic species. We therefore made a range of reproductive behavioral observations on F. schultzei individuals from different host-associated populations to investigate their species status. We first described the mating behavior of F. schultzei taken from flowers of a primary host species, Malvaviscus arboreus. The pattern of male-female interaction was complex and protracted, with several behavioral steps being performed. These steps were similar for all mating pairs. Most females responded to male presence before physical contact, suggesting that male pheromones may be involved. We then compared mating behaviors, brood sizes and sex ratios of F. schultzei pairs derived from different host plant species. All pairs in crosses regardless of their original host plant species produced female offspring, indicating successful mating. Frequencies of behaviors were similar for all pairs. Only those crosses involving F. schultzei individuals from Erythrina crista-galli flowers differed from the general pattern in pre-copulation and copulation times. The females from E. crista-galli also produced significantly fewer offspring than females from other crosses. Finally we used traps baited with males from two populations, but set among flowers of one host plant species, to test for differential attraction of females. We found no evidence that the different host-associated populations investigated differ from one another functionally in their sex pheromone system. However, these results do not yet discount the possibility of cryptic species within the taxon F. schultzei. Populations of F. schultzei on many other host species need to be investigated from this perspective.     

Purification and characterization of the multiple forms of 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in rat liver cytosol

The presence of multiple forms of 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the cytosol of male rat livers was demonstrated. The enzyme activity was separated into two fractions (F3 and F4) by DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and further fractionation of F3 into four (I-IV) and F4 into three (I-III) fractions was achieved by subsequent CM-Sephadex chromatography. Six forms (F3-II-IV and F4-I-III) were further purified by chromatofocusing and Red-Sepharose 4B chromatography. Two (F4-II and III) of the isolated enzymes were homogeneous, based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. No shift of pI values was observed, when isoelectric focusing was performed with the F4 enzyme species in the presence of NAD(P)+ or NAD(P)H. All six enzyme species migrated closely with each other on dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, from which the molecular masses were estimated to be 32 500 Da. Gel filtration gave similar values for the F4 enzyme species, indicating that each enzyme is a monomeric peptide. All enzyme species were able to catalyse the dehydrogenation of 3 alpha-hydroxysteroids (C19 to C26), and not C27 compound having a 1,5-dimethylhexyl side chain. The catalytic properties with steroids were very similar for five of the enzyme species, but F3-IV especially preferred androsterone. When male rat livers were used for isolation, the enzyme activity ratio of F3 to F4 for androsterone was about 1 to 8, whereas the ratio was about 1 to 20 for female rat livers. Considering the biosynthetic pathway of bile acids, the enzymes isolated here might play a specific role in the conversion of a 3 beta-hydroxy group to a 3 alpha-hydroxy group via a 3-oxo group of an intermediate in the synthesis of bile acids.     

中国蜡蝉科二新纪录种记述(半翅目,蜡蝉总科)(英文)

报道采自中国云南省的蜡蝉科2新纪录种:金黄梵蜡蝉Aphaena aurantia (Hope,1840)和瓦里悲蜡蝉Penthicodes variegata (Guerin-Meneville,1829),对其形态特征作了描述,并提供了成虫形态及雄性外生殖器特征图。研究标本均保存于西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆。     

Three new species of Fufius Simon, 1888 (Araneae,Cyrtaucheniidae) from Brazil with the redescription of Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 and description of the female of Fufius lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004

The mygalomorph neotropical genus Fufius Simon, 1888 comprises ten species, distributed from Guatemala in Central America to southeastern Brazil, in South America. Most of the species were described from northern South America, in the Amazonian region. Only F. funebris Vellard, 1924 and F. lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 are known from regions more to the south of the continent. Herein we describe three new Brazilian species, Fufius minusculus sp. n. and F. jalapensis sp. n. from the state of Tocantins, and F. candango sp. n. from Distrito Federal. The female of F. lucasae is described for first time and the male and female of F. funebris are redescribed based on specimens collected at the type locality.     

在雌不发生交换的鳞翅目类昆虫中使用F2群体作图显隐性分子标记连锁图谱的极大似然(ML)法

在鳞坡目昆虫中,雌性个体的减数分裂细胞不发生遗传重组。这类物种的杂效Ｆ２群体中杂合子基因型的与一般物种中雌雄个体的减数分裂细胞都发生遗传重组的Ｆ２群体杂合子表型不同,由于这个原因,作用这类物种的遗传连锁图谱通常中使用回交群体。但是,用回效群体傻所得的图谱是不完整的,因为图谱上所有的标记都是百轮回亲本提供的,因此 不会超过杂交Ｆ２各体的一半。另外,目前还没有任何方法和软件可以用杂效Ｆ２群体来作图鳞翅