稻螟蛉的寄生蜂(三)——小蜂和细蜂

巳知寄生于稻螟蛉的小蜂和细蜂有14种,其中有6种是完全重寄生的种类。按分类系统,隶属于小蜂总科的小蜂科3种,广肩小蜂科1种,金小蜂科1种,寡节小蜂科(姬小蜂科)3种,扁股小蜂科1种,纹翅小蜂科(赤眼蜂科)3种;细蜂总科的分盾细蜂科2种。这些寄生蜂的绝大部分,都是稻田中常见的种类,与其他害虫或其寄生蜂有广泛的食物连锁关系。各蜂形态、生物学及分布情况简述如下。     

小蜂滞育的研究进展

滞育现象在多种小蜂类天敌昆虫中存在,通过研究小蜂滞育技术,可实现蜂种的长期贮存、延长防控作用时间、提高产品的抗逆性,对小蜂工厂化生产及应用具有重要意义。本文在分析国内外小蜂总科昆虫滞育文献的基础上,总结了已开展滞育研究的69种小蜂类昆虫的滞育虫态、滞育持续期、主要诱导因子以及亲代效应等,分属小蜂科、赤眼蜂科、姬小蜂科、跳小蜂科、金小蜂科、蚜小蜂科、旋小蜂、长尾小蜂科、广肩小蜂、四节小蜂科10科。小蜂多以幼虫或预蛹滞育,其滞育敏感阶段因种不同而异。滞育持续期相对较长,大多可维持数月。一种寄生麦红吸浆虫的金小蜂Macroglenes penetrans在2.5℃的土壤中,其滞育持续期可达16个月。低温、短日照和寄主是影响多数小蜂滞育的主要因子;但也有少数小蜂进行夏滞育,如普金姬小蜂Chrysocharis pubicornis、Aphelinus flavus、车轴草广肩小蜂Bruchophagus platypterus等。另外,亲代也可对小蜂滞育产生一定影响。目前,对小蜂滞育后发育生物学评价的研究报道较少,尚待进一步探索研究。     

苏联小蜂志

作者 M.H.尼科里斯卡娅是苏联卓越的寄生蜂学专家对寄生蜂的研究造诣极深,特别是小蜂的分类,有辉煌的成就。苏联小蜂志为“苏联动物志”丛书     

中国东北地区赤眼蜂科二新种(膜翅目:小蜂总科)

作者在研究中国东北地区眼蜂科分类过程中,发现伊赤眼蜂属Ittys Girault和寡索赤眼蜂属Oligosita Walker各一新种,分别命名为毛足伊赤眼蜂Ittys multiciliautus sp.nov。和短翅寡索赤眼蜂Oligosita brevialata sp.nov.,对新种进行了详细描述,并附有形态特征图。模式标本均巳制片,存于沈阳农业大学昆虫标本室。     

福州大叶榕隐头果内榕小蜂的分类

通过对福州两个样地大叶榕雄花期隐头果进行定时、定点采集,观察与鉴定,从546个花序果内共收集到榕小蜂33641头,隶属于小蜂总科中的7个科(亚科)7个属的11个种,其中传粉小蜂为榕小蜂科的Platyscapa coronata,其余10种非传粉小蜂分别隶属于隐针榕小蜂亚科Epichrysomallinae,金小蜂科Pteromalidae的锥尾榕小蜂亚科Otitesellinae和延腹榕小蜂亚科Sycoryctinae,广肩小蜂科Eurytomidae,刻腹小蜂科Ormyridae和姬小蜂科Eulophidae。传粉小蜂和非传粉小蜂的种类和数量呈现明显的季节性。冬-春季(12-翌年5月)榕果内小蜂的种类和数量较多,传粉榕小蜂是优势种;夏-秋季(6-11月间)小蜂种类和数量略少,Camarothorax bismasculinus和Sycophila sp.1是优势种。在非传粉小蜂中,Camarothorax、Sycophila、Otitesella、Sycoscapter等4个属的榕小蜂为常见种,而Ormyrus和Aprostocetus等2个属的榕小蜂为偶见种。根据小蜂的形态特征制定大叶榕隐头果中榕小蜂种类检索表,本实验为榕小蜂分类、榕-蜂协同进化研究,以及非传粉小蜂对榕-蜂共生体系的影响等研究提供科学依据。     

广西姬小蜂科分类学研究(膜翅目:小蜂总科)

根据1998－2000年作者在广西南部山区的采集,结合中国科学院动物研究所昆虫标本馆馆藏标本的研究,报道了该科4亚科27属81种在广西的分布,其中,4属60种是中国新纪录,本文对前人和作者最近对中国姬小蜂科的分类研究简单作了综述,并对广西的姬小蜂科物种进行了初步的组分分析,根据现有材料得出结论是：1）广西的姬小蜂科区系成分以东洋区和古北成分为主;2）多个区纱成分分布相互重叠,交错。     

河南伏牛山区金小蜂调查及一新种描述(膜翅目：小蜂总科：金小蜂科)

对河南伏牛山区的上蜂科种类进行了初步调查及分类研究,记录该地区金小蜂科１０属１２种,并描述１新种,锥盾琶茹金小蜂Ｐａｒｕｒｉｏｓ ｃｏｎｏｉｄｅａ Ｘｉａｏ ｅｔ Ｈｕａｎｇ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．。伏牛山区为东秦岭之余脉,属暖温带向亚热带过渡的地区,该地区爹小蜂既分布在古北区的种类,又有东洋区的种类。因此,伏牛山区在中国动物地理区划中具有重要意义。模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所标本馆。     

赤眼蜂科四新种记述(膜翅目:小蜂总科)

本文为赤眼蜂科分类研究系列报道之四,记述我国异赤眼蜂属 Asynacta Foerster、折脉赤眼蜂属 Mirufens Girault、刺脉赤眼蜂属 Brachygrammatella Girault和毛角赤眼蜂属Neocentrobiella Girault 4新种。前两属我国曾有分布记录,后两属在我国为首次报道。根据Viggiani(1971)以雄性外生殖器特征作为分亚科、分族的标准,它们均应隶于赤眼蜂亚科Trichogrammatinae、赤眼蜂族 Trichogrammatini。所有模式标本均已制片,保存于福建农学院生物防治研究所。     

瓢虫科分类研究的现状

本文总结了瓢虫科分类 2 0 0多年来的发展历程 ,以及中国瓢虫科分类研究的现状。另外还介绍了分子生物学技术在瓢虫科分类中的应用。     

云南医学革螨数值分类研究

以云南省57种医学革螨作为分类单元,以形态特征为主列出60项分类性状特征来探讨云南省医学革螨不同属和种的亲缘关系。运用SPSS 11.5 统计软件中的系统聚类分析和主成分分析,对57种医学革螨进行了数值分类分析。结果显示：57种医学革螨划分为厉螨科（La elapidae）、寄螨科（Parasitidae）、皮刺螨科（Dermanyssidae）、赫刺螨科（Hirstionyssidae）和裂胸螨科（Aceosejidae）5个类群。赫刺螨属和棘刺螨属从厉螨科中分离出来另立为赫刺螨科,柏氏禽刺螨归入了皮刺螨科而不是巨刺螨科。分类结果与传统形态分类结果基本一致,因而认为数值分类能比较客观地反映医学革螨各分类阶元的分类地位与亲缘关系。     

A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) are extremely diverse with more than 23,000 species described and over 500,000 species estimated to exist. This is the first comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily based on a molecular analysis of 18S and 28S ribosomal gene regions for 19 families, 72 subfamilies, 343 genera and 649 species. The 56 outgroups are comprised of Ceraphronoidea and most proctotrupomorph families, including Mymarommatidae. Data alignment and the impact of ambiguous regions are explored using a secondary structure analysis and automated (MAFFT) alignments of the core and pairing regions and regions of ambiguous alignment. Both likelihood and parsimony approaches are used to analyze the data. Overall there is no impact of alignment method, and few but substantial differences between likelihood and parsimony approaches. Monophyly of Chalcidoidea and a sister group relationship between Mymaridae and the remaining Chalcidoidea is strongly supported in all analyses. Either Mymarommatoidea or Diaprioidea are the sister group of Chalcidoidea depending on the analysis. Likelihood analyses place Rotoitidae as the sister group of the remaining Chalcidoidea after Mymaridae, whereas parsimony nests them within Chalcidoidea. Some traditional family groups are supported as monophyletic (Agaonidae, Eucharitidae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Leucospidae, Mymaridae, Ormyridae, Signiphoridae, Tanaostigmatidae and Trichogrammatidae). Several other families are paraphyletic (Perilampidae) or polyphyletic (Aphelinidae, Chalcididae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Pteromalidae, Tetracampidae and Torymidae). Evolutionary scenarios discussed for Chalcidoidea include the evolution of phytophagy, egg parasitism, sternorrhynchan parasitism, hypermetamorphic development and heteronomy.     

The structure of the female reproductiiye system in the Agaonidae (Chalcidoidea,Hymenoptera)

An account is given of the gaster, ovipositor mechanism and reproductive system in female Agaonidae. The structure and possible functions are compared with that of other chalcid families and the phylogenetic relationships of the group are discussed.     

New data on chromosomes of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

Karyotypes of twelve species of chalcidoid wasps from five families were studied for the first time: Baryscapus endemus and B. galactopus (2n = 12), Entedon parvicalcar and E. procioni (n = 6), and E. sparetus (2n = 12; all Eulophidae); Sycophila submutica (2n =16; Eurytomidae); Cerchysius subplanus (n = 11 and 2n = 22; Encyrtidae); Pteromalus cioni (2n =10; Pteromalidae); Pseudotorymus sp., Torymus microstigma, T. rubi, and Torymus sp. (all with 2n = 12; Torymidae). Various aspects of chromosomal diversity of Chalcidoidea are discussed.     

A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) is extremely diverse with an estimated 500 000 species. We present the first phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily based on both morphological and molecular data. A web‐based, systematics workbench mx was used to score 945 character states illustrated by 648 figures for 233 morphological characters for a total of 66 645 observations for 300 taxa. The matrix covers 22 chalcidoid families recognized herein and includes 268 genera within 78 of 83 subfamilies. Morphological data were analysed alone and in combination with molecular data from ribosomal 18S (2105 bp) and 28S D2–D5 expansion regions (1812 bp). Analyses were analysed alone and in combined datasets using implied‐weights parsimony and likelihood. Proposed changes in higher classification resulting from the analyses include: (i) recognition of Eriaporidae, revised status; (ii) recognition of Cynipencyrtidae, revised status; (iii) recognition of Azotidae, revised status; (iv) inclusion of Sycophaginae in Agaonidae, revised status; (v) reclassification of Aphelinidae to include Aphelininae, Calesinae, Coccophaginae, Eretmocerinae and Eriaphytinae; (vi) inclusion of Cratominae and Panstenoninae within Pteromalinae (Pteromalidae), new synonymy; (vii) inclusion of Epichrysomallinae in Pteromalidae, revised status. At a higher level, Chalcidoidea was monophyletic, with Mymaridae the sister group of Rotoitidae plus the remaining Chalcidoidea. A eulophid lineage was recovered that included Aphelinidae, Azotidae, Eulophidae, Signiphoridae, Tetracampidae and Trichogrammatidae. Eucharitidae and Perilampidae were monophyletic if Eutrichosomatinae (Pteromalidae) was included, and Eupelmidae was monophyletic if Oodera (Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae) was included. Likelihood recovered a clade of Eupelmidae + (Tanaostigmatidae + (Cynipencyrtus + Encyrtidae). Support for other lineages and their impact on the classification of Chalcidoidea is discussed. Several life‐history traits are mapped onto the new phylogeny.     

Phylogenetics and classification of Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea — a review of current concepts (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Classification and morphological and molecular evidence supporting relationships of Mymarommatidae (Mymarommatoidea) and the 20 families of Chalcidoidea are reviewed. Five autapomorphies support monophyly of Mymarommatoidea, at least two autapomorphies support monophyly of Chalcidoidea, and three synapomorphies support a sister-group relationship between Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea. Mymaridae are indicated as the likely sister group of all other Chalcidoidea by: two features of the ovipositor, the unique structure of a muscle between the mesofurca and axillary lever, and sequence data from the 28s rDNA gene. Structure of the upper valvulae of the ovipositor could indicate Rotoitidae as the second-most basal clade of Chalcidoidea. Chalcididae, Elasmidae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Eurytomidae, Leucospidae, Mymaridae, Ormyridae, Rotoitidae, Signiphoridae, Torymidae and Trichogrammatidae are each indicated as monophyletic by at least one putative synapomorphy, but could render other families paraphyletic. Aphelinidae, Eupelmidae, Pteromalidae, and Tetracampidae are not demonstrably monophyletic. Agaonidae is monophyletic only if restricted to Agaoninae, and Eucharitidae is monophyletic only if restricted to Eucharitinae + Oraseminae. Eupelmidae may be paraphyletic with respect to Tanaostigmatidae and Encyrtidae, and Tanaostigmatidae including Cynipencyrtus may be paraphyletic relative to Encyrtidae. Perilampidae (Perilampinae + Chrysolampinae) are either polyphyletic or paraphyletic with respect to Eucharitidae + Akapalinae + Philomidinae. No cladistic hypotheses of familial relationships based on character evidence have considered the superfamily in its entirety.     

The pretarsus in Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera Parasitica): functional morphology and possible phylogenetic implications

The structure of the pretarsus of chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) was examined with light and scanning electron microscopy. The pretarsus of these wasps is characterized by a distal elastic widening of the planta that spreads over the arcus, by a pair of folding plates at the dorsal side of the arolium (the dorsal plates), and by the absence of auxiliary sclerites. The surface of the fully spread arolium of chalcids has a spongiform structure. The arcus of chalcids is an apodeme of the planta. The peculiarities of the inverting/everting biomechanics of the pretarsus of chalcids involve: 1) interactions between the elastic part of the planta, the dorsal plates and the manubrium, and 2) the functioning of the elastic part of the planta and the arcus together as a single unit. A single apical seta situated distally from the campaniform sensillae and proximal row of setae on the manubrium are regarded as putative synapomorphies of Chalcidoidea. A manubrium with a distinct proximal row of three setae characterizes almost all Eulophidae, Aphelinidae and Signiphoridae (‘eulophid lineage’) and Tetracampidae, whereas a row of two setae characterizes Mymaridae, Rotoitidae and Trichogrammatidae. Other studied families (Pteromalidae, Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae, Eupelmidae, Encyrtidae, Perilampidae), which represent a ‘pteromalid lineage’, are characterized mostly by five setae in a proximal row, which could represent a synapomorphy for these groups, or a symplesiomorphy in Chalcidoidea, depending on rooting. However, the characters may be correlated with differences in body size that characterize the different lineages rather than being phylogenetically important. Other characters that may be phylogenetically informative are: 1) shape of the manubrium (spindle‐like in Mymaridae, Rotoitidae, Trichogrammatidae and the ‘eulophid lineage’, but mostly bottle‐like in representatives of the ‘pteromalid lineage’), and 2) pubescence of the proximal part of the planta (sparse, thick setae in Rotoitidae, Trichogrammatidae and the ‘eulophid lineage’, but dense, slender setae in representatives of the ‘pteromalid lineage’).     

The paternal‐sex‐ratio (PSR) chromosome in natural populations of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

Selfish genetic elements may be important in promoting evolutionary change. Paternal sex ratio (PSR) is a selfish B chromosome that causes all‐male families in the haplodiploid parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis, by inducing paternal genome loss in fertilized eggs. The natural distribution and frequency of this chromosome in North American populations of N. vitripennis was investigated using a combination of phenotypic and molecular assays. Sampling throughout North America failed to recover PSR except from populations in the Great Basin area of western North America. Extensive sampling of Great Basin populations revealed PSR in frequencies ranging from 0 to 6% at different collection sites, and extended its distribution to Idaho and Wyoming. Intensive sampling in upstate New York did not detect the chromosome. Frequencies of the maternal‐sex ratio distorter (MSR), son killer (SK) and virgin females ranged from 0 to 12%. Paternal sex ratio may be restricted to the Great Basin because its spread is hampered by geographical barriers, or because populations in other areas are not conducive to PSR maintenance. However, it cannot be ruled out that PSR occurs in other regions at very low frequencies. The apparent limited distribution and low frequency of PSR suggest that it will have relatively little impact on genome evolution in Nasonia.     

On the parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Anophococcus abaii (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae), with description of Metaphycus anophococcusi Lotfalizadeh,n. sp.

The parasitoid community of Anophococcus abaii (Danzig, 1990) – one of the main pests of Haloxylon in Iran – was studied. Four species of Chalcidoidea, belonging to the families Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, and Signiphoridae, were found. Metaphycus anophococcusi Lotfalizadeh, n. sp. is described in the zebratus species group and compared with closely allied species of Metaphycus.     

A secondary structural model of the 28S rRNA expansion segments D2 and D3 for Chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

We analyze the secondary structure of two expansion segments (D2, D3) of the 28S ribosomal (rRNA)-encoding gene region from 527 chalcidoid wasp taxa (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) representing 18 of the 19 extant families. The sequences are compared in a multiple sequence alignment, with secondary structure inferred primarily from the evidence of compensatory base changes in conserved helices of the rRNA molecules. This covariation analysis yielded 36 helices that are composed of base pairs exhibiting positional covariation. Several additional regions are also involved in hydrogen bonding, and they form highly variable base-pairing patterns across the alignment. These are identified as regions of expansion and contraction or regions of slipped-strand compensation. Additionally, 31 single-stranded locales are characterized as regions of ambiguous alignment based on the difficulty in assigning positional homology in the presence of multiple adjacent indels. Based on comparative analysis of these sequences, the largest genetic study on any hymenopteran group to date, we report an annotated secondary structural model for the D2, D3 expansion segments that will prove useful in assigning positional nucleotide homology for phylogeny reconstruction in these and closely related apocritan taxa.     

Phylogeny of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with a reclassification of Eulophinae and the recognition that Elasmidae are derived eulophids

Eulophidae is a large and biologically varied family of parasitoid wasps, traditionally split into four subfamilies; Elasmidae is a uniform (single genus) and morphologically distinct family of wasps that are thought to be related to Eulophidae. The D2 region of the 28S rDNA gene (≈ 560 bp) of eighty‐seven species of eulophid, three species of elasmid and sixteen outgroup species in five families was sequenced. Cladograms were constructed, and the results compared with conclusions drawn from morphological studies. The gene was most informative at the level of subfamily and tribe. The monophyly of both Eulophinae and Tetrastichinae is supported; that of Entedoninae and Euderinae is less clear. Results indicate that Eulophinae is a derived group within Eulophidae, rather than an ancestral group as previously thought, and that Elasmus, the sole genus of Elasmidae, belongs within this subfamily. The tribes of Eulophinae are reassessed and only three accepted: Eulophini (including Euplectrini and Elachertini), Elasmini and Cirrospilini LaSalle trib.n. for Bou?ek's Ophelimini with Ophelimus and Australsecodes excluded. Three small Australian tribes, Anselmellini, Ophelimini and Platytetracampini, are removed from Eulophinae and Entedoninae, respectively, but their exact relationships and subfamily status cannot as yet be decided. Another tribe, Keryini, known from a single Australian genus, is excluded from both Eulophinae and Eulophidae.