四川西部大雪山地区雏蝗属二新种(直翅目:网翅蝗科)

记述采自四川省西部大雪山地区雏蝗属2新种,即雅江雏蝗Chorthippus yajiangensis,sp.nov.及康定雏蝗Chorthippus kangdingensis,sp.nov.,模式标本保存于陕西师范大学动物研究所昆虫标本室。     

新疆北部雏蝗属(直翅目,网翅蝗科)一新种

记述采自新疆北部网翅蝗科雏蝗属Chorthippus 1新种,即布尔津雏蝗Chorthippus buerjinensisi sp.nov.模式标本保存于陕西师范大学动物研究所标本室.     

东北大兴安岭雏蝗属二新种：（直翅目：网翅蝗科）

本文记述了在内蒙古大兴安岭采到的雏蝗属2新种:黑背雏蝗Chorthippusatridorsus,sp.nov.和红翅雏蝗Chorthippus rufipennis,sp.nov.,模式标本保存于中山大学昆虫学研究所标本室。     

湖北省蝗总科(直翅目,网翅蝗科,斑腿蝗科)二新种

记述了分属于蝗总科雏蝗属和直斑腿蝗属的两新种,即天堂雏蝗Chorthippus tiantangensis sp.nov、和短翅直斑腿蝗Stenocatantops brevipennis sp.nov..正模标本保存在湖北黄冈师范学院生物系,副模标本分别保存在陕西师范大学动物学研究所和湖北黄冈师范学院生物系.     

青海省雏蝗属一新种(直翅目,网翅蝗科)

记述采自青海省网翅蝗科雏蝗属1新种,达坂山雏蝗Chorthippus dabanshanensis sp.nov.。模式标本保存于青海师范大学生命与地理科学学院动物标本室。     

河北省雏蝗属短翅亚属一新种(直翅目,蝗总科,网翅蝗科)

记述了采自河北省小五台山的雏蝗属短翅亚属1新种,河北雏蝗 Chorthippus(Altichorthippus)hebeiensis sp.nov.,模式标本保存于河北大学生命科学学院.     

中国蝗虫三新种及雪山雏蝗雄性记述(直翅目,网翅蝗科)

记述中国滇西北地区网翅蝗科3新种,即长翅缺背蝗Anaptygus longipennis sp.nov.、老君山牧草蝗Omocestus laojunshanensis sp.nov.、马耳山牧草蝗Omocestus maershanensis sp.nov.,另描述了雪山雏蝗Chorthippus xueshanensis Zheng et Mao的雄性.所有标本保存于大理学院生命科学与化学系.     

四川省雏蝗属一新种（直翅目：网翅蝗科）

记述采自中国四川省网翅蝗科雏蝗属Chorthippus(Altichorthippus)1新种:周氏雏蝗Chorthippus(Altichorthippus)choui sp.nov.。本新种同昌都雏蝗Chorthippus(A.)changtunensis Yin,1984近似,其区别特征为:后足股节和胫节桔红色;雄性腹部末端桔红色;前翅中脉域宽为肘脉域宽的1.2倍;本新种同西藏雏蝗Ch.(A.)tibetanus Uvarov,1935也近似,其区别特征为前胸背板侧隆线在沟前区明显,呈角状弯曲,在前横沟和后横沟之间不消失。     

河北大学博物馆馆藏蝗总科的新属和新种(直翅目)

在整理河北大学博物馆馆藏的蝗总科标本中,发现1新属4新种,它们为斑腿蝗科Catantopidae的广西龙川蝗Longchuanacris guangxiensis sp.nov.,斑翅蝗科Oedipodidae的拟短腿蝗属Parahilethera gen.nov.,西藏拟短腿蝗Parahilethera xizangensis sp.nov.及淡黑纹束颈蝗Sphingonotus caerulistriatus sp.nov.,网翅蝗科Arcypteridae的拟中宽雏蝗Chorthippus parapricarius sp.nov..模式标本保存于河北大学博物馆.     

黑龙江省金色蝗属一新种 (直翅目：蝗总科)

 记述了采自松嫩草原的雏蝗属Chorthippus Fieber一新种, 即吉林雏蝗Chorthippus jilinensis sp. Nov.,并与其近似种翠饰雏蝗C.dichrous (Ev.)做了比较。模式标本保存于东北师范大学生命科学学院动物标本室。     

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.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.