内蒙古阿尔山地区落叶松八齿小蠹天敌及其控制作用

通过对内蒙古阿尔山地区落叶松八齿小蠹Ipssubelongatus Motschulsky天敌的种类调查,目前共发现落叶松八齿小蠹天敌包括捕食性天敌红胸郭公虫Thanasimus substriatus Gebler,寄生性天敌暗绿截尾金小蜂Tomicobia seitneri(Ruschka)、长蠹刻鞭茧蜂Coeloides bostrichorum Giraud以及螨类、微生物。分析了天敌的自然控制作用,红胸郭公虫对落叶松八齿小蠹成虫的日均捕食率为3.1%±0.77%(落叶松八齿小蠹成虫20头和红胸郭公虫成虫1头,室外12～24℃),日最大捕食量为10.7头(1头红胸郭公虫成虫与20、40、60和80头、100头落叶松八齿小蠹成虫,室内17～25℃);暗绿截尾金小蜂对落叶松八齿小蠹幼虫的寄生率为20.5%,对其蛹的寄生率为13.7%;长蠹刻鞭茧蜂对其幼虫的寄生率为6.5%;螨类对其成虫的寄生率为20.2%;而微生物对落叶松八齿小蠹幼虫的寄生率为4.3%,对蛹的寄生率为5.4%,对成虫的寄生率为2.1%。暗绿截尾金小蜂是落叶松八齿小蠹最有利用价值的天敌昆虫。     

黑龙江省长白落叶松八齿小蠹虫体及坑道的真菌类群

采集落叶松八齿小蠹成虫、幼虫、蛹,以及母坑道、子坑道、蛹室的韧皮组织和蓝变组织。采用马丁氏培养基和PDA综合培养基对各虫态体表、体内、坑道内真菌进行分离培养,统计真菌检出率。对获得的真菌菌株通过形态学和分子生物学相结合的方法进行鉴定。在落叶松八齿小蠹虫体内外和坑道内共分离出真菌24种,其中子囊菌7种,担子菌2种,无性型真菌15种。从各虫态体表共分离出真菌21种,从体内共分离出真菌6种,24种真菌在坑道内均有检出。其中,Ceratocystis fujiensis为检出率较高的蓝变真菌。     

落叶松八齿小蠹与长喙壳真菌间的种特异性伴生关系

小蠹虫与长喙壳类真菌(Ophiostomatoid fungi)在自然界中形成稳定的伴生关系,是森林生态系统内一种普遍的生态学现象。已有研究表明欧亚大陆的齿小蠹属(Ips)昆虫与多种长喙壳类真菌形成广泛的伴生关系,其中部分真菌是重要的针叶树病原菌。随着借助于DNA信息特征的系统发育分析,揭示出形态特征和亲缘关系十分接近的3种齿小蠹属昆虫,云杉八齿小蠹(I.typographus),欧洲落叶松八齿小蠹(I.cembrae)和亚洲落叶松八齿小蠹(I.subelongatus)确定为不同种之后,相应地与之稳定伴生的长喙壳类真菌Ceratocystis polonica也由过去一个种揭示为3个种的复合体,各自与3种小蠹虫稳定伴生,形成密切的种特异性伴生关系。小蠹虫与真菌的种特异性伴生被认为是处于同一森林生态系统内的生物协同进化的结果。通过对我国东北地区落叶松八齿小蠹虫体、坑道标本上伴生真菌菌株的采集、分离和生理学、形态学特征观察,以及基于ITS、β-tubulin、MAT-2 HMG box多位点DNA序列的系统发育分析,首次确定了长喙壳真菌Ceratocystis fujiensis在我国东北地区异域分布的3种落叶松林内普遍存在,与落叶松八齿小蠹形成稳定的伴生关系。作为亚洲落叶松八齿小蠹伴生的主要真菌,也是伴生菌区系中的先锋种和致病力最强的病原菌,C.fujiensis在我国落叶松人工林的广泛分布值得高度重视,将为制定防治病虫复合危害的有效策略和措施提供科学基础。研究结果进一步支持了齿小蠹属昆虫与长喙壳真菌间的种特异性伴生假说。同时,多基因序列特征表明落叶松八齿小蠹与C.fujiensis在亚洲范围内的不同地理种群存在着显著的遗传多样性,预示特异性伴生在不同种群间发生的可能,可以为种特异性伴生假说和小蠹虫-真菌间共生关系的研究提供良好的模式材料。     

落叶松八齿小蠹体内外和坑道内真菌类群

采集落叶松八齿小蠹成虫、幼虫、蛹,以及母坑道、子坑道、蛹室的韧皮组织和蓝变组织。采用马丁氏培养基和PDA综合培养基对各虫态体表、体内、坑道内真菌进行分离培养,统计真菌检出率。对获得的真菌菌株通过形态学和分子生物学相结合的方法进行鉴定。在落叶松八齿小蠹虫体内外和坑道内共分离出真菌31种,其中接合菌3种,子囊菌8种,担子菌1种,半知菌19种。自各虫态体表共分离出真菌23种,体内共分离出真菌8种,31种真菌在坑道内均有检出。其中,Ceratocystis fujiensis为中国新记录种,Ophiostoma     

大兴安岭地区小蠹虫种类及诱捕器防治研究

本文针对大兴安岭地区的小蠹虫种类进行研究,并通过诱捕器的试验诱集结果,着重研究了小蠹虫的诱捕器防治方法,结果表明落叶松八齿小蠹、云杉八齿小蠹和纵坑切梢小蠹为针叶树的优势种类,诱集结果也证明这3种小蠹的数量占多数,其中落叶松八齿小蠹占绝大多数。     

阿尔山落叶松主要蛀干害虫的种群空间生态位

对阿尔山落叶松主要蛀干害虫的种群生态位进行了研究,结果表明:在落叶松衰弱立木上,生态位宽度以落叶松八齿小蠹最高,在中龄和老龄树上分别达到0.5782、0.5498,在落叶松中龄和老龄枯死立木上,白带长角天牛的空间生态位宽度分别达到0.5143、0.6294,分布较衰弱木广,而云杉大黑天牛空间生态位宽度在衰弱和枯死立木上都最低。落叶松立木上的空间生态位重叠指数以落叶松八齿小蠹对其他3种优势天牛偏高,天牛之间的空间生态位相似性比例指数均较高且差距较小,说明4种害虫对空间生态位的占据有很大相似程度。4种害虫的空间种间竞争系数均很大,说明对空间和资源的竞争非常激烈,在这种情况下4种害虫能够共存,根本原因是由于取食部位的分化。     

云杉八齿小蠹信息素的研究进展

在复杂的生态环境中,来自于云杉八齿小蠹和植物的信息物质在云杉八齿小蠹的整个生活史中都发挥着重要的作用。雄性云杉八齿小蠹作为先锋虫以寄主植物的挥发物作为嗅觉信号搜寻和定位寄主,然后释放信息素吸引同性或异性云杉八齿小蠹前来聚集。云杉八齿小蠹成群攻击以降低寄主树木的抗性,寄主植物在受到云杉八齿小蠹攻击后能够利用其物理结构、分泌物及挥发性物质等抵御其危害。云杉八齿小蠹自身化学信息素的合成和对寄主树木次生代谢物质的转化能力,决定和影响着入侵寄主树木的速度和种群数量。本文从信息素组成、释放速率等方面、寄主和非寄主挥发物的作用及信息素诱捕器在监测和防治中的应用做一综述。     

进口美国松木中截获齿小蠹的鉴定(鞘翅目:小蠹科)

本文对2010—2015年全国口岸从美国进境松木中截获的齿小蠹进行了分析,分别对美云杉齿小蠹Ips borealis、美雕齿小蠹I.calligraphus、混点齿小蠹I.confusus、重齿小蠹I.duplicatus、南部松齿小蠹I.grandicollis、蒙大拿齿小蠹I.montanus、似混齿小蠹I.paraconfusus、白云杉齿小蠹I.perturbatus、美松齿小蠹I.pini、平额重齿小蠹I.plastographus、十二齿小蠹I.sexdentatus、云杉八齿小蠹I.typographus 12种昆虫的进境寄主进行统计,对截获频次进行分析对其成虫的主要形态特征进行了描述,编制了分种检索表,对检疫鉴定工作具有指导意义。     

云杉八齿小蠹的有效积温

采用以云杉八齿小蠹Ips typographus L.侵入云杉皮下为起点,至下一代成虫羽化外出为止的统计方法对其进行发育起点温度和有效积温的测定。结果表明,云杉八齿小蠹此段的发育起点温度为(18.3±0.2)℃,有效积温为(195.4±10)日.度。     

云杉八齿小蠹生态学研究进展

云杉八齿小蠹是欧洲最具危害性的小蠹虫之一,嗜食衰弱木,利用雄性产生的信息素进行大面积聚集。聚集信息素不仅具有引诱聚集的作用,其种类和数量还具有调节其聚集密度的效应。在定殖过程中,云杉八齿小蠹既能利用寄主挥发物定位寄主,也能利用非寄主挥发物作为远距离的嗅觉示踪来区别寄主和非寄主。在森林生态系统内捕食性天敌和寄生性天敌很大程度上影响着云杉八齿小蠹的种群密度和行为生态。本文从云杉八齿小蠹的分布与扩散、天敌的种类及控制作用、化学信息物质对小蠹虫及其天敌的行为调控作用以及信息素防治现状等方面进行了综述,并展望了其研究前景。     

Movement patterns and gallery use by the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta

The Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens, is a harem-polygynous nocturnal insect whose males defend and mate groups of females residing in cavities in trees. In this study I examined sexual differences in gallery use (number of galleries occupied per unit time), distance travelled per night and activity patterns after sunset. In addition, I investigated how gallery size affected each of these variables. On average, males and females did not differ in the number of galleries visited per night, or in the distance they travelled per night; however, adult males were more likely to be seen earlier in the night than later. Although males and females did not differ in their gallery use or distance travelled, adult males occupied a significantly greater number of galleries and travelled greater distances per night at sites with small galleries than did males at sites with large galleries. These results suggest that habitat structure of a forest patch influences intrasexual tree weta behaviour.     

Monogamy in the bark beetle Ips latidens: ecological correlates of an unusual mating system

Abstract. 1. The diversity of mating systems in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) is poorly understood. Ips latidens (LeConte) is a small-bodied species of a harem polygynous genus whose mating system in nature had not been established previously. This study examines the breeding biology of I. latidens breeding in recently dead ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa ) in California. It was expected that both the heterogeneous habitat quality inherent in dead trees and small body size would favour polygyny.
2. Contrary to expectations, I. latidens was found to be monogamous on the basis of excavations of 131 galleries conducted throughout the oviposition period at two wind-felled trees and at four sites composed of freshly-cut logs. Males left the galleries much sooner than females (50% gone by 24 and 36 days, respectively).
3. Individual females made up to four egg gallery arms extending from the male nuptial chamber, with the number of arms and the length of individual arms increasing with the age of the gallery. The relationship between total gallery length and gallery age was consistent among the trees and log sites, and did not depend on the presence of the male.
4. Ips latidens bred in a wide range of tree diameters (10–24 cm), and occurred in both pure aggregations and in aggregations with two other bark beetle species, Dendroctonus brevicomis and I. paraconfusus . The presence of the other species did not appear to influence negatively the density of I. latidens .
5. Monogamy in I. latidens may be due to lower male mortality during dispersal associated with a greater range of suitable breeding habitat than occurs for other Ips species, resulting in an even sex ratio at breeding sites.     

Number of gallery arms of the tree-killing bark beetle Polygraphus proximus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Polygraphus proximus Blandford (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is a non-aggressive monogynous bark beetle that has caused mass mortality in fir (Abies spp.) forests in the last decade. Although gallery structures made by polygynous beetles may influence their reproductive success, the gallery structure and the number of eggs laid by the monogynous tree-killing bark beetle P. proximus has not been investigated in detail in the natural setting of their native range. We, therefore, investigated the length of mother galleries of P. proximus and the number of eggs oviposited by the beetles in relation to gallery systems with different numbers of arms. The number of eggs oviposited in two-armed galleries was significantly greater than that observed in one- and three-armed galleries. Additionally, the length of one- or two-armed galleries with no oviposition was significantly shorter than that in galleries consisting of more than two arms. Our data may suggest that the optimal number of arms in a gallery system (in terms of the number of eggs oviposited) was two.     

Allometry and sexual selection of male weaponry in Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens

Both male and female Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens,use cavities in trees as diurnal shelters. That these galleriesare often limiting in nature offers males the opportunity toincrease their reproductive success by monopolizing galleriesand the females residing in them. Male H. crassidens, can matureat either the 8th, 9th, or 10th instar, whereas females matureat the 10th instar only, and male head (and mandible) size positivelycovaries with ultimate instar number. It has been suggestedthat males fight for control of galleries by using their enlargedmandibles as weapons, and males with larger mandibles controlgalleries with more females. In the present study, I presenta statistical examination of sexual dimorphism, showing thattraits related to head size are on average significantly largerin males, whereas traits related to body size are on averagesignificantly larger in females. I tested three predictionsaddressing the hypothesis that sexual selection is driving megacephalyin male H. crassidens. First, as predicted, traits related tohead size show a positive allometric relationship with bodysize in males but not in females. Second, adapting a novel statisticaltechnique based on maximum likelihood and bootstrapping revealedthat males, but not females, exhibit a multimodal distributionin head and body size traits. This is likely a consequence ofmales maturing at one of three instars, which results in positivecovariance between the ultimate instar number and morphologicaltraits. Third, as predicted, single adult males with largerheads reside in galleries housing larger groups of adult females.     

Oviposition behavior and reproductive success of the cerambycid Acanthocinus aedilis in the presence and absence of the bark beetle Tomicus piniperda

The influence of Tomicus piniperda (L.)(Col.:Scolytidae) attacks on Acanthocinus aedilis (L.)(Col.:Cerambycidae) (1) oviposition behavior, (2) breeding material preference and (3) reproductive success was investigated in caged pine bolts with and without egg galleries of T. piniperda. In addition, A. aedilis oviposition behavior was studied in the field. In the presence of T. piniperda attacks most A. aedilis eggs were laid through the entrance holes of the bark beetle egg galleries. In the absence of bark beetle attacks most A. aedilis eggs were laid at places where the outer bark had been damaged and the phloem was exposed. In cages, A. aedilis preferred to oviposit in bolts with bark beetle attacks. Thus, A. aedilis oviposited in all 17 of bark beetle attacked bolts but in only four of nine bolts without T. piniperda attacks. Neither the number of A. aedilis offspring nor the body size of emerging adults differed significantly between bolts attacked by bark beetles and unattacked bolts. Nor was there any significant relationship between the density of bark beetle egg galleries and the production of A. aedilis offspring.     

Resource density regulates the foraging investment in higher termite species

1. Resource density can regulate the area that animals use. At low resource density, there is a conflict in terms of balance between costs of foraging and benefits acquired. The foraging of the higher termite Nasutitermes aff. coxipoensis consists of searching throughout trails and a building galleries phase. 2. In this study, a manipulative field experiment was used to test the hypothesis that colonies of N. aff. coxipoensis forage towards a more profitable balance between the establishment of trails and gallery construction at low resource density. 3. The experiment was conducted in north‐eastern Brazil. Seven experimental plots were established with a continuous increase in resource density (sugarcane baits). Entire colonies of N. aff. coxipoensis were transplanted from their original sites to the experimental plot, totalling 35 nests. The number, branches and total length of trails and galleries were quantified. 4. The results show that N. aff. coxipoensis optimises its foraging output, intensifying the establishment of trails at the cost of gallery construction when resource density is low. The number of trails, the number of trail branches and the total length of trails decreased with increasing resource density. Interestingly, at low resource density, the search effort was concentrated on forming longer and a greater number of trails, a small proportion of which were converted into galleries. The opposite relationship was observed at high resource density. 5. These results suggest an optimisation of search efforts during foraging depending on resource density, a mechanism that may help researchers to understand the use of space by higher termite species.     

Identifying a causal agent of sexual selection on weaponry in an insect

In many animal species, males do not seek females directly butinstead locate and defend sites that contain spatially or temporallylimited resources essential to female survival and reproduction.Resident males that successfully repel conspecific rivals canmate with females attracted to these resources. In theory, increasingresource value increases harem size and thus increases the opportunity(I_mates) for and strength of sexual selection on traits crucialto male resource-holding potential and mating success. I experimentallytested this hypothesis in the field using the Wellington treeweta, Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Anostostomatidae),a sexually dimorphic insect in which males use their enlargedmandibles as weapons in male–male contests over accessto females sheltering in tree cavities (galleries). By manipulatinggallery size, I showed that, compared with smaller galleries,larger galleries housed larger harems. Variation in gallerysize was an important determinant of I_mates, but contrary toexpectation, greater opportunity existed in small galleriescompared with large galleries. As predicted, male weapon sizewas under stronger directional selection in large galleriesbecause the fitness benefits were greater under these conditionscompared with small galleries. My results help explain the positiveassociation between average weapon size and average gallerysize observed within and among tree weta populations in NewZealand.