金龟甲性信息素的化学成分及其应用

金龟甲Scarabaeoidae性信息素研究主要集中在丽金龟亚科Rutelinae和鳃金龟亚科Melolonthinae。丽金龟亚科金龟甲的性腺由臀板和腹片顶端的上皮细胞组成,其性信息素成分主要是脂肪酸衍生物;而鳃金龟亚科金龟甲的性腺可以从腹部外翻,性信息素成分主要是氨基酸衍生物和萜烯类化合物。一些存在地理或季节隔离的物种具有结构相同的性信息素成分,但手性不同。在某些种类中,性信息素成分的手性对映体可能具有行为拮抗作用。本文综述了金龟甲性信息素的化学结构与应用的新进展。     

中国丽金龟亚科昆虫分类学研究进展

丽金龟亚科Rutelinae隶属于鞘翅目Coleoptera多食亚目Polyphaga金龟总科Scarabaeoidea金龟科Scarabaeidae。世界性分布,全世界已知7族235属4 200余种,中国目前记录3族25属（亚属）,共526种（亚种）。丽金龟成虫为植食性,可取食植物范围广,幼虫土栖,主要取食植物根部,部分种类是农林业害虫。因此,对其开展分类学研究,对农林业生产具有理论意义。本文通过全面核查文献及统计分析,回顾和总结了丽金龟亚科分类学研究历史,并重点介绍了我国的研究现状。目前已开展的丽金龟亚科研究工作仍以新种发表为主,缺乏高质量的分类修订工作及系统发育研究。另外,丽金龟亚科是鞘翅目中重要的植食性昆虫之一,开展深入的生物多样性研究,对于探讨甲虫的多样性和与植物协同进化关系有重要意义。     

Revision of the genus Chalcasthenes Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctoderini) from the Solomon Islands

The genus Chalcasthenes Arrow (Dynastinae: Oryctoderini), a scarab beetle genus endemic to the Solomon Islands, is reviewed. Based on examination of type specimens, the genus Strehlia Frey (Rutelinae: Rutelini: Parastasiina) is a new junior synonym of Chalcasthenes . The historical classification of these genera (either in the subfamily Dynastinae or Rutelinae) and character-based criteria for assigning the taxa to the Dynastinae are provided. We discuss character states that support the monophyly of members of the genus Chalcasthenes, comment on the distribution and biogeography of species in the genus and provide a key to species. The genus includes four species: Chalcasthenes divinus Endrödi, Chalcasthenes pulcher Arrow, Chalcasthenes squamigerus Frey new combination and Chalcasthenes styracoceros Jameson and Ratcliffe n. sp. Species hypotheses are corroborated based on evidence from Pleistocene geological reconstructions of the Solomon Islands, geographic variation of bird species in the region and development in scarab beetles.