中国天牛科一新记录属及一新记录种

记述我国天牛科1新记录属:长胸筒天牛属Pardaloberea Pic,1926及1新记录种:长胸筒天牛Pardaloberea curvaticeps Pic,1926,给出了成虫整体照片并绘制了雄性外生殖器图和触角的特征图。     

中国广翅天牛属记述（鞘翅目：天牛科）

本文记述了广翅天牛属Plaxomicrus的主要特征及地理分布,对于1新种进行形态描述,记载了我国1种新纪录,并对我国已知的6种,编制成种检索表,以资区别。它们是:广翅天牛P.ellipticus Thomson,细点广翅天牛P.latus Gahan(中国新纪录),蜀广翅天牛P.szeischuanus Breuning,蓝基广翅天牛P.violaceomaculatus Pic,淡色广翅天牛P.pallidicolor Pic及黑腹广翅天牛P.nigrivenrris sp.nov.     

中国花天牛亚科三新种记述：鞘翅目：天牛科

本文了中国花天牛亚科３新种－卵斑长颊瘦花牛Ｇｎａｔｈｏｓｔｒａｎｇａｌｉａ ｅｌｌｉｐｔｉｃａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。,暗背脊花天牛Ｓｔｅｎｏｃｏｒｕｓ ｆｕｓｃｏｄｏｒａｌｉｓ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,四斑短腿瘦花天牛Ｐｅｄｏｓｔｒａｎｇａｌｉａ ｑｕａｄｒｉｍａｃｕｌａｔａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。模式标本存西农业大学昆虫标本馆。     

中国天牛科五新记录种

记述天牛科Cerambycidae天牛亚科Cerambycinae5中国新记录种,即绿虎天牛属Chlorophorus中的碎点绿虎天牛Chlorophorus fraternus Holzschuh,卡氏绿虎天牛Chlorophorus kanoiHayashi,栗绿虎天牛Chorophorus varius varius(Muller)。柄天牛属Aphrodisium中的紫胸柄天牛Aphrodisium seipur pureum Pic和绿天牛属Chelidonium中的二斑绿天牛Chelidonium binotatiolle Pic。     

中国花天牛亚科一新纪录属及一新种记述(鞘翅目,天牛科)

记述了中国花天牛亚科1新纪录属角花天牛属Munamizoa Matsushitaet Tamanuki,1940及1新种长白山角花天牛Munamizoa changbaishanensis sp.nov.,模式标本采自吉林省长白山,保存在北华大学林学院昆虫标本室。     

中国白条天牛属比较形态学研究(鞘翅目,天牛科,沟胫天牛亚科,白条天牛族)

比较研究了白条天牛属10种的外部形态特征.结果表明:颊、触角、前胸背板斑纹、鞘翅斑纹、鞘翅基部瘤突、中胸后侧片、前足第1跗节等外部形态特征在白条天牛属中具有种间分类学意义.上颚基部、腹部第7节腹板形状、触角长度可用于雌雄鉴别.通过比较云斑白条天牛Batocera lineolata Chevrolat,1852与多斑白条天牛Batocera horsfieldi(Hope,1839)的外部形态与雄性外生殖器特征,结果表明上述两种均为有效种.     

我国七种绿虎天牛属幼虫(鞘翅目:天牛科)

绿虎天牛属Chlorophorus属于天牛亚科Cerambycinae,虎天牛族Clytini,包括许多常见害虫。本文记载了该属七种幼虫形态,它们是裂纹绿虎天牛Ch. separatus Gressitt、槐绿虎天牛Ch. diadema (Motschulsky)、澳门绿虎天牛Ch. macaumensis (Chevrolat)、半环绿虎天牛Ch. reductus Pic、刺槐绿虎天牛Ch. sulcaticeps Pic、榄绿虎天牛Ch. eleodes (Fairmaire)和竹绿虎天牛 Ch. annularis(Fairmaire)。竹绿虎天牛和刺槐绿虎天牛在浙江、福建和广东各地严重为害竹林,澳门绿虎天牛在海南岛为害咖啡树     

北京的脊虎天牛属分类研究(鞘翅目:天牛科)

对分布于北京的10种脊虎天牛属甲虫开展了分类研究,恢复了北京脊虎天牛Xylotrechus pekingensis Pic,1939的地位,不再是宽带脊虎天牛Xylotrechus yanoi Gressitt,1934的异名,报道了本种在河北和陕西的新分布记录.提出双带脊虎天牛Xylotrechus bifenestratus Pic,1916是四带脊虎天牛Xylotrechus polyzonus (Fairmaire,1888)的新异名,两者的模式标本均产自北京.本文还报道了3种北京新记录种:显纹脊虎天牛X.ibex (Gebler,1825)、葡脊虎天牛X.pyrrhoderus Bates,1873和黑胸脊虎天牛X.robusticollis (Pic,1936).通过检视标本,很多新的分布信息被加入到相关的种类.最后本文提供了分布于北京的10种脊虎天牛属甲虫的分种检索表.     

中国脊筒天牛属分类研究(鞘翅目:天牛科)

系统整理了中国脊筒天牛属失一部种类,共31种,给出了所有种类的分类检索表,记述了新种暗背脊筒天牛Nupserha fuscodorsalis Wang et Chiang,sp nov。及2中国新纪录种三斑脊筒天牛Nupserha multimaculata Pic和黑肩脊筒天牛Nupserha nigrohumeralis Pic,新种正模保存于西南农业大学昆虫标本馆,副模共5号存于南开大学生物系标本室。     

膜花天牛属五新种及一新记录(鞘翅目:天牛科, 花天牛亚科)

膜花天牛属(Necydalis)以往隶属于花天牛亚科Lepturinae,70年代以来,日本、苏联某些天牛分类专家主张膜花天牛族Necydalini从花天牛亚科独立出来,提升为亚科级,即Necydalinae,鉴于我们对该族缺乏成虫翅脉及幼虫的研究,因此本文仍将该族归入花天牛亚科。该族在我国包括两个属,即膜花天牛属及蜂花天牛属(Ulochaetes),     

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.     

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     

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.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various