琅琊山蝶类资源调查初报

在安徽省滁州市琅琊山国家级森林公园采集到凤蝶科蝴蝶５属１０种、蛱蝶科１２属１７种、粉蝶科３属５种、眼蝶科３属４种、灰蝶科１０属１２种、喙蝶科１属１种、弄蝶科３属４种。其中,１种为我国特有珍稀蝶类,３１种为安徽省新记录,并记录各种蝴蝶的学名,寄主和区系组成。     

阿勒泰山蝴蝶种类调查及其垂直分布的研究

对阿勒泰山南坡中国境内的蝴蝶进行了采集调查,共鉴定整理出７科、６１属、１００余种。其中凤蝶科１属１种,绢蝶科１属６种,粉蝶科８属２２种,眼蝶科１６属２３种,蛱蝶科１６属３２种,灰蝶科１２属１５种,弄蝶科７属１０种。分析了这些种类的垂直分布特点,将其划分为４个垂直分布带,即低山半荒漠带、山地灌木草地带、山地森林草原带和亚高山草原－草甸草原－高山垫状植被带。     

陕西蝶类新纪录

陕西蝶类新纪录牛瑶,许升全河南师范大学生物系新乡４５３００２陕西师范大学生物系陕西省的蝶类己记载约２９０种（凤蝶科２６种,绢蝶科４种,粉蝶科３２种,斑蝶科１种,环蝶科３种,眼蝶科４９种,蛱蝶科９６种,喙蝶科１种,蚬蝶科２种,灰蝶科３９种,弄蝶科３７种...     

中国灰蝶科一新属一新种：鳞翅目：灰蝶科

中国灰蝶科一新属一新种（鳞翅目：灰蝶科）周尧,王敏（西北农业大学昆虫研究所陕西省杨陵区７１２１００）本文记述我国灰蝶科１新属１新种,即秦灰蝶属ＱｉｎｏｒａＰａｌａｇｅｎ．ｎ．及其模式种秦灰蝶Ｑｉｎｏｒａｐａｌａａｉｎｌｉｎｍｎａｓｎｎ。新属与燕灰蝶属...     

我们发现了枯叶蝶

我们发现了枯叶蝶枯叶蝶是一种著名的拟态昆虫。以前记载典型的枯叶蝶只产于四川峨眉山。我校生物课外活动小组于１９８８年１０月９日意外地在永州市南门郊外的鸟岛上采到了１只典型的枯叶蝶。此后，于１９８９年１０月在此岛上又发现了典型的枯叶蝶，１９９０年１０月和...     

四川唐家河自然保护区两栖爬行动物调查报告

本文报道１９８４—１９９６ 年在四川省唐家河国家级自然保护区采集和观察到两栖爬行动物标本３００ 号。其中, 两栖类１８ 种, 隶１０ 属７ 科２ 目, 爬行类１９ 种, 隶１２ 属５ 科１ 目     

横断山区的蝶类资源与珍稀蝴蝶的保护

横断山区的蝶类561种,隶属于12科,208属.在12科中,种类最多的是蛱蝶科148种,其次是眼蝶科117种,灰蝶科65种,凤蝶科63种,粉蝶科60种,弄蝶科60种,蚬蝶科18种,绢蝶科12种,斑蝶科9种,环蝶科6种,喙蝶科2种,珍蝶科1种.分布于横断山区的珍稀蝴蝶有44种,其中国家Ⅰ级保护的1种,Ⅱ级保护的3种.     

浙江雁荡山蝴蝶种类调查初报

初步查清浙江雁荡山境内蝴蝶种类有118种,隶属于9科77属,其中凤蝶科Papilionidae 21种,粉蝶科Pieridae 10种,环蝶科Amathusiidae 1种,眼蝶科Satyridae 15种,蛱蝶科Nymphalidae 34种,珍蝶科Acraeidae 1种,蚬蝶科Riodinidae 3种,灰蝶科Lycaenidae 17种,弄蝶科Hesperiidae 16种;浙江省新记录种7种,新记录属1属.这些蝴蝶分布在雁荡山15037 hm2范围内.     

广州市蝴蝶群落结构与多样性

2005年5月-2006年12月对广州市蝴蝶资源进行调查,对该区域蝴蝶群落的物种组成、结构特点和多样性进行了分析.共记述蝴蝶10科45属73种;个体数量以粉蝶科最多,蛱蝶科、凤蝶科次之;各科蝴蝶物种丰富度以蛱蝶科最高,Margalef丰度指数为3.87,凤蝶科、眼蝶科次之;各科的种多样性指数大小依次为凤蝶科、蛱蝶科、眼蝶科、粉蝶科、弄蝶科、灰蝶科、环蝶科、蚬蝶科、斑蝶科和珍蝶科;属多样性指数大小依次为蛱蝶科、粉蝶科、眼蝶科、弄蝶科、凤蝶科、灰蝶科、环蝶科、蚬蝶科、斑蝶科和珍蝶科;凤蝶科均匀度最高,Pielou均匀度指数为0.90,其次为弄蝶科和灰蝶科.     

福建省蝴蝶新记录

本文通过对近年在福建各地采集的蝴蝶标本整理鉴定,报道了福建省蝴蝶新记录12种,其中环蝶科1种,眼蝶科3种,蛱蝶科2种,灰蝶科3种,弄蝶科3种。新记录种分别为：白袖箭环蝶Stichophthalma louisa Wood—Mason,边纹黛眼蝶如．the marginolis Motschulsky,细黛眼蝶Lethesidereal Marshall,褐眉眼蝶Mycalesis unicaLeech,中华葩蛱蝶Patsuia sinensis（Oberthur）,白斑俳蛱蝶Parasarpa aIbomaculata（Leech）,奇娆灰蝶Arhopala comicadleNiceville,小珀灰蝶Pratapa icetas（Hewitson）,浙江生灰蝶Sinthusa zhejiangensis Yoshino,梳翅弄蝶Ctenoptilum vasava（Moore）,滚边裙弄蝶Tagiades cohaerens（MabiHe）及光荣肿脉弄蝶Zographetus doxusEliot。     

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.