湖北蚁科二新种记述(膜翅目,蚁科)

记述了采自湖北省的蚁科昆虫2新种,即九宫山凹头臭蚁Phildris jiugongshanensis sp.nov.和七齿前结蚁Prenolepis septemdenta sp.nov．。文中提供了凹头臭蚁属Philidris Shattuck和前结蚁属Prenlepis Mayr在我国所有种的检索表。新种模式标本保存于湖北民族学院昆虫标本室。     

中国云南臭蚁属二新种记述 (膜翅目:蚁科)

描述了中国云南省南部热带雨林臭蚁属Dolichoderus Lund 2新种.目前为止已在中国记载该属昆虫10种:西伯利亚臭蚁D.sibiricus Emery、鞍背臭蚁D.sagmanotus Xu,sp.nov.、费氏臭蚁D.feae Emery、黑腹臭蚁D.taprobanae(Smith)、平背臭蚁D.flatidorsus Zhou、毛臭蚁D.pilosus Zhou、邻臭蚁D.affinis Emery、凹头臭蚁D.incisus Xu、黑可可臭蚁D.thoracicus(Smith)、鳞结臭蚁D.squamanodus Xu,sp.nov..提供了10个中国已知种的工蚁分种检索表.     

中国云南溴蚊属二新种记述（膜翅目：蚁科）

描述了中国云南省南部热带雨林臭蚁属Dolichoderus Lund 2新种。目前为止巳在中国记载该属昆虫10种：西伯利亚臭蚁D.sibiricus Emery、鞍背臭蚁D.sagmanotus Xu,sp.nov.、费氏臭蚁D.feae Emery、黑腹臭蚁D.taprobanae(Smith)、平背臭蚁D.flatidorsus Zhou、毛臭蚁D.pilosus Zhou、邻臭蚁D.affinis Emery、凹头臭蚁D.incisus Xu、黑可可臭蚁D.thoracicus (Smith)、鳞结臭蚁D.squamanodus Xu,sp.nov.。提供了10个中国巳知种的工蚁分布检索表。     

切叶蚁亚科七属十二种的分子系统学研究

测定了切叶蚁亚科7属12种的线粒体CO1、CO2的部分基因及完整的tRNA_Leu基因DNA序列,对DNA序列进行了分析,对tRNA_Leu 基因进行了二级结构分析;根据DNA序列数据和氨基酸序列数据,以臭蚁亚科的Forelius chalybaeus作为外群,采用最大似然法(ML)、最大简约法(MP)、邻接法(NJ)、未加权组对算术平均法(UPGMA)构建分子系统树,通过自举检验,得到自举置信水平,以此检验该分子系统树的可靠性。研究结果显示,基于以上基因的分子系统分析与传统分类分析的结果基本一致,且在属级的一致性高于种级的一致性。     

基于Cytb基因的九种多刺蚁(膜翅目:蚁科)的分子系统学

为了提供我国多刺蚁属(Polyrhachis)昆虫的分子系统学资料,我们对9种多刺蚁的mtDNA的Cytb部分序列进行测定和分析.在所得465个位点的序列中,变异位点152个,占32.7%,碱基T、C、A和G的平均含量分别为42.0%、19.6%、29.2%和9.2%,A+T平均含量71.2%.在氨基酸组成上,共编码155个氨基酸.碱基替换主要发生在密码子第三位点,转换频率大于颠换频率,转换主要发生在T与C之间,颠换主要发生在T与A.以弓背蚁属(Camponotus)的黄斑弓背蚁(C.albosparsus)和浅毛弓背蚁(C.albivillosus)为外群,用NJ、MP及贝叶斯推论法构建系统发育树.本研究结果与经典分类结果相符:在9种多刺蚁中,Myrmhopla亚属的双齿多刺蚁(P.dives)独立成为一支,分化较早,位于系统进化树的最底部,最早分化出来;而Myrma亚属的亚毛多刺蚁(P.subpilosa)、梅氏多刺蚁(P.illaudata)、警觉多刺蚁(P.vigilans)以及拟梅氏多刺蚁(P.proxima)聚合成一支,位于系统进化树的最顶端,它们的亲缘关系相近,属于较进化的类群.但是Polyrhachis亚属的叶形多刺蚁(P.lamellidens)和Cyrtomyma亚属的结多刺蚁(P.rastellata)的进化关系仍需要进一步探讨.     

中国臭蚁属一新种记述(膜翅目:蚁科)

记述了采自中国湖北省恩施市大吉镇的臭蚁属Dolichoderus Lund 1新种：大吉臭蚁D．dajiensis,sp．nov．。模式标本保存在陕西师范大学动物研究所标本室。     

应用COⅠ基因序列探讨中国蚱总科四亚科部分物种的系统发生关系(英文)

通过测定蚱科26种蚱的线粒体DNA细胞色素c氧化酶Ⅰ基因的部分序列,分析了蚱亚科、短翼蚱亚科、刺翼蚱亚科及股沟蚱亚科部分物种的系统发育关系。以蜢总科的Vandiemenella viatica和Proriferasp.作为外群,构建了MP树和Bayes树。在获得的598bp的序列中,有289个变异位点,253个简约信息位点; A、T、G和C的碱基平均含量分别为31.6% ,32.7% ,19.5% ,16.2% , A+T含量高于G+C含量。分子系统树显示:蚱亚科尖顶蚱属和该亚科其他属的亲缘关系较远,而与短翼蚱亚科的狭顶蚱属有较近的亲缘关系。尖顶蚱属的广西尖顶蚱聚在短翼蚱科内,与该亚科的尖翅狭顶蚱形成姐妹群且支持两者关系的置信度很高,广西尖顶蚱不应属于蚱亚科尖顶蚱属。龙滩柯蚱与蚱属的桂南蚱形成姐妹关系,而庭蚱属的细庭蚱聚在柯蚱属中,且蚱亚科柯蚱属的防城柯蚱与刺翼蚱亚科的二刺羊角蚱形成姐妹关系,因此柯蚱属不是单系群,作为一个单独的属是可疑的;蚱属不是单系群,日本蚱也不是蚱属中的原始物种,锯齿股蚱和粗体蚱碱基序列完全相同,再次证明二者为同一物种。     

基于COⅡ基因序列的斑腿蝗科部分亚科的分子系统学研究

采用PCR产物直接测序法测定了斑腿蝗科10个亚科16属22种的COⅡ基因585 bp的片段, 对序列的碱基组成进行了分析,并评估了数据集的系统发育信号;最后,以癞蝗科的肃南 短鼻蝗作为外群,采用NJ法、MP法、ML法以及贝叶斯推论法构建了系统树,以解决这些物种所代表的亚科之间的系统发育关系。结果表明：22种斑腿蝗科昆虫的COⅡ基因序列碱基组成表现强烈的A+T含量偏向性。对COⅡ基因585 bp序列片段构成的全数据组和根据密码子不同位点划分的密码子第一、第二和第三位点数据组的系统发育信号分析显示,所有数据组都具有一定的系统发育信息。在4种方法得到的合一树中发现： （1）星翅蝗亚科、刺胸蝗亚科、黑背蝗亚科、斑腿蝗亚科的亲缘关系较近;（2）卵翅蝗亚科与稻蝗亚科亲缘关系较近,建议卵翅蝗亚科似乎应归入稻蝗亚科中,板胸蝗亚科与这两个亚科的关系较近;（3）黑蝗亚科和秃蝗亚科似乎应合并为一个亚科;（4）切翅蝗亚科的4个属未聚在一起,表明这些属的区别较大,不是一个单系群;（5）黑蝗亚科和秃蝗亚科关系较近,且与本研究中其他几个亚科的亲缘关系相对较远。研究结果表明COⅡ基因在解决斑腿蝗科的亚科以下属种间的系统发育关系时是一个有效的分子标记。     

中国蚁科新纪录属及一新种记述(膜翅目:蚁科)(英文)

本文记述蚁科昆虫一中国新纪录属：凹头臭蚁属PhilidrisShattuck及该属一新种：南方凹头臭蚁P．notialasp.nov.。新种与粗凹头臭蚁P．cruda（Smith）相似,主要区别为：唇基前缘平直;上颚咀嚼缘具10齿,其基缘远端具一列清晰的细齿;体具中等密度的直立毛和丰富的茸毛。正模工蚁,广西北流市,1995年8月26日,沈文铭采．副模5工蚁,记载同正模．正模标本保存于陕西师范大学动物研究所,副模标本保存于广西师范大学生物系。     

中国蚁蛉亚科一新纪录属及两新纪录种(脉翅目,蚁蛉科)

记述蚁蛉科Myrmeleontidae蚁蛉亚科Myrmeleoninae双蚁蛉属Mesonemurus Navás,1920,及蒙双蚁蛉M.mongolicus Hlzel,1970;格双蚁蛉M.guentheri Hlzel,1970在中国的首次发现。提供了形态描述及特征图。研究标本保存在中国农业大学昆虫标本馆。     

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.