Free Air Temperature Increase (FATI): a new tool to study global warming effects on plants in the field

A new technique, called Free Air Temperature Increase (FATI), was developed to artificially induce increased canopy temperature in field conditions without the use of enclosures. This acronym was chosen in analogy with FACE (Free Air CO₂ Enrichment), a technique which produces elevated CO₂ concentrations [CO₂] in open field conditions. The FATI system simulates global warming in small ecosystems of limited height, using infrared heaters from which all radiation below 800 nm is removed by selective cut-off filters to avoid undesirable photomorpho-genetic effects. An electronic control circuit tracks the ambient canopy temperature in an unheated reference plot with thermocouples, and modulates the radiant energy from the lamps to produce a 2.5°C increment in the canopy temperature of an associated heated plot (continuously day and night). This pre-set target differential is relatively-constant over time due to the fast response of the lamps and the use of a proportional action controller (the standard deviation of this increment was <1°C in a 3 week field study with 1007 measurements). Furthermore, the increase in leaf temperature does not depend on the vertical position within the canopy or on the height of the stand. Possible applications and alternative designs are discussed.     

捕食真菌及其相关丝孢菌中国的新记录

本文报道了来自我国云南及长白山地区的捕食真菌及其相关丝孢菌的8个新记录种,即纺锤孢指隔孢(Dactylella atractoides),狭长孢指隔孢(D. stenomeces)、顶毛孢单顶孢(Monacrosporium acrochaeturn),泡环单顶孢(M. aphrobrochum),异孢单顶孢(M. heterobrochum),瘤捕单顶孢(M. phymatopagum),三叉霉(Tridentaria sp.)及龟头轮枝孢(Verticillium balanoides).     

加藤蝉属二新种：同翅目：蝉科

本文记述加藤蝉属２新种：太白加藤蝉Ｋａｔｏａ ｔａｉｂａｉｅｎｓｉｓ与寡刺加藤蝉Ｋ．。模式标本存于西北农业大学昆虫博物馆与神经农学院植物保护系。     

中国剑螽属四新种记述：直翅目：螽斯总科：蛩螽科

作者在整理陕西师范大学动物研究所标本时,发现剑螽属４新种,即膨基剑螽Ｘｉｐｈｉｄｉｏｐｓｉｓｉｎｆｌａｔａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．双叶剑螽Ｘ．ｂｉｆｏｌｉａｔａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．凸顶剑螽Ｘ．ｃｏｎｖｅｘｉｓ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．及叉尾剑螽Ｘ．ｄｉｖｉｄａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．模式标本均存于陕西师范大学动物研究所。     

西藏个木虱科一新属三新种：同翅目：木虱总科

本文记述产于西藏自治区的个木虱科Ｔｒｉｏｚｉｄａｅ１属３新种。三毛个木虱属Ｔｒｉｓｅｔｉｔｒｉｏｚａ,ｇｅｎ,ｎ．,其模式种为椿突三个木虱Ｔ．ｃｌａｕｌｌａｔａ,ｓｐｎ．,其寄主为杜荆Ｖｉｔｅｘｓｐ．。另外２个新种是：黄边个木虱Ｔｒｉｏｚａａｕｒａｔｉｌａｔｅｒｌｉｓ,察隅个木虱Ｔｒｉｏｚａ ｚａｙｕｎｓｉｓ。模式标本保存于北京农业大学昆虫标本室。     

辽宁省西部棘蝇属一新种：双翅目：蝇科

本文记述于辽宁朝阳市采到的棘蝇属１新种：辽西棘蝇Ｐｈａｏｎｉａｌｉａｏｓｈｉｅｎｓｉｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。模式标本存辽宁朝阳市卫生防疫站。     

中国窝蝗属一新种：直翅目：蝗总科：剑角蝗科

本文了剑角蝗科窝蝗属１新种：郑氏窝蝗Ｆｏｖｅｏｌａｔａｃｒｉｓ ｚｈｅｎｇｉ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。,采自甘肃省南县宝瓶河牧场;并据此对属征作了必要的修订,给出了分种检索表。模式标本保存于陕西师范大学动物研究所。     

陕西根螨属一新种记述（蜱螨亚纲：粉螨科）

本文描述根螨属１新种：大蒜根螨Ｒｈｉｚｏｇｌｙｐｈｕｓ ａｌｌｉｉ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,模式标本保存在西南农业大学植物保护系。     

中国脊翅叶蝉属种类记述（同翅目：叶蝉科）

本文记述４种中国脊翅叶蝉,其中包括１新种──杨氏脊翅叶蝉Ｐａｒａｂｏｌｏｐｏｎａｙａｎｇｉｓｐ．ｎ．,并报道了其中２个已知种的新分布地。文中还列有分种检索表。新种模式标本存西北农业大学昆虫博物馆。     

北京溪泥甲科二新种及一新亚种（鞘翅目：泥甲总科）

本文记述溪泥甲科２新种──北京溪泥甲Ｓｔｅｎｅｌｍｉｓｂｅｉｊｉｎｇａｎａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,杨氏溪泥甲Ｓｔｅｎｅｌｍｉｓｙａｎｇｉ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．及１新亚种──无毛缢溪泥甲Ｌｅｐｔｅｌｍｉｓｇｒａｃｉｌｉｓｉｍｐｕｂｉｓ,ｓｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．。模式标本存北京农业大学昆虫标本馆。