我国大陆红火蚁入侵扩张趋势长期预测

红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren是一种严重危害农林业生产、生命健康、公共安全和生态环境的国际性重大外来入侵害虫。2004年9月中国大陆首次发现红火蚁,2021年12月该蚁已入侵了12个省区近500个县区。本研究根据中国大陆红火蚁入侵发生县区数量变化,结合潜在适生区域评价信息,建立了红火蚁入侵县区数量与入侵时间长度间关系模型,并对入侵县区数量变化趋势作出长期预测。当中国大陆红火蚁潜在入侵县区数量上限分别为1 400、1 500和1 600个时,入侵县区数量与入侵时间长度关系模型分别为N=1400/(1+e^{5.4048-0.1784T})、N=1500/(1+e^{5.4335-0.1757T})和N=1600/(1+e^{5.464-0.1734T})。基于以上模型的分析结果显示,我国红火蚁快速扩散传播从2009-2010年开始,快速扩张期可能持续26～28年,年平均新增县区41～52个/年,预测2035-2037年入侵县区数量增长速率将开始减缓,2...     

中国红火蚁入侵扩散、防控及对策

红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren是全球百种最具危险性的外来入侵物种之一,被列为我国农业、林业和进境植物检疫性有害生物。红火蚁入侵我国初期,发生区域数量少、面积小,制定了相应的应急防控和根除策略。随着该蚁在我国呈现扩散加快、多区域多生境发生、多途径扩散等新态势新特点,其防控策略转向“老疫区常态治理、新疫区力争根除”。为了更好地防控红火蚁,未来工作应从部门协作、队伍建设、综合治理、检疫监管和宣传培训等多个方面加强。     

Genome complexity and organization in the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren

The red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta is the most destructive invading arthropod in the southern United States, yet little is known about its genome complexity and organization. Here we report the size, organization and GC content of S. invicta genome. DNA reassociation kinetics using S1 nuclease assay and a modified second-order kinetics model indicated that the S. invicta genome is approximately 0.62 picograms or 5.91 x 10(8) base pairs, composed of 36% unique, 41% moderately repetitive and 23% highly repetitive/foldback sequences. Comparison of the reassociation kinetics of short and long DNA fragments revealed that the sequence arrangement follows a pattern of short period interspersion, as in most organisms with relatively large genomes. Melting-temperature analysis showed that the GC content of the fire ant genomic DNA is 34.8%, similar to that of most eukaryotic organisms. The results reveal that the fire ant genome is much larger and more complex than those of a number of hymenopteran insects studied to date. Our study provides a foundation for further analysis and genetic manipulation of the S. invicta genome.     

红火蚁不同品级个体的药剂敏感性研究

【目的】红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren不同品级的个体在群体生存中担负不同的功能。然而,红火蚁群体中不同品级个体的药剂敏感性还不清楚。【方法】本文采用点滴法测定了氟虫腈、高效氯氰菊酯和茚虫威三类不同药剂对红火蚁各品级个体的触杀毒力,以了解其药剂敏感性。【结果】研究结果显示,红火蚁对不同药剂的敏感性存在显著差异,对氟虫腈最为敏感,高效氯氰菊酯次之,而对茚虫威的敏感性最低,但不同品级个体的药剂敏感性规律却基本一致。有翅雌蚁、有翅雄蚁和蚁后的药剂敏感性最高,3个品级个体的药剂敏感性没有显著差异;除高效氯氰菊酯外,兵蚁的敏感性显著低于有翅蚁和蚁后,而工蚁又显著低于兵蚁。4龄幼蚁对供试的3种杀虫剂的敏感性非常低,致死中量分别为428.77 mg/kg、699.77 mg/kg和1 159.95 mg/kg,比对有翅雌蚁的致死中量高数百至数千倍。对毒力线斜率值的分析发现,同一品级内个体间对不同药剂的敏感性也存在显著差异,对氟虫腈的敏感性表现出品级内个体较大差异,特别是兵蚁和工蚁的敏感性差异最大,其斜率值分别为1.1和1.8,而对茚虫威的个体敏感性差异极小,其斜率值均≥4.7,且工蚁个体间表现出最高的同质性,其斜率值达7.8。【结论】同一品级的个体对不同药剂的敏感性差异没有一致规律,但基本上表现出个体差异较小的特点,特别是4龄幼蚁、有翅雄蚁和蚁后3个品级内个体的药剂敏感性差异较小,其斜率值均≥4.0。本研究的结果为田间防治红火蚁化学药剂的合理使用提供理论指导。     

四种毒饵对红火蚁的田间防治效果评价

采用工蚁诱测法和挖巢观察法评价了4种国产毒饵对红火蚁Solenopsis invicta的田间防治效果。结果表明,氟虫胺、胺菊酯、苯氧威、多杀霉素4种毒饵处理后,红火蚁工蚁诱集百分率均明显降低,处理5d后氟虫胺、胺菊酯的工蚁诱集率为0,而多杀霉素处理10d后诱集率为0。施药后25d4种毒饵处理活动蚁巢减退率分别为100％、100％、50％和71．4％,工蚁减退率分别为100％、100％、92．7％和100％。处理6周后蚁群级别分别降低了100％、100％、83．3％、73．0％。     

红火蚁雌蚁生殖发育的研究

通过解剖多后型红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren雌蛹、有翅雌蚁和脱翅雌蚁,观察了雌蚁内生殖系统的结构和发育进度。结果表明,多后型雌蚁内生殖系统形成于蛹期,其结构与单后型雌蚁存在一定差异。从发育进度来看,虽然雌蚁羽化后其卵巢大小和卵巢管数量仍有一定增长,但蛹期是卵巢大小、卵巢管数量快速增长的阶段;卵子发生始见于羽化后第4d,且卵量随个体发育而快速增加,直至脱翅后第10d达到高峰,随后开始下降;生殖系统的其它结构的变化较小。雌蛹、有翅雌蚁和脱翅雌蚁发育后期的卵巢平均大小分别为1149．23×712．42、1594．88×834．26和1975．60×1303．57μm;而卵巢管数量则分别为62．67、81．33和86．33条。至雌蚁脱翅后10d,卵巢中成熟卵和总卵量分别为20．00±4．62粒和34．00±2．31粒。     

Revisiting the trail pheromone components of the red imported fire ant,Solenopsis invicta Buren

Ants use species-specific trail pheromones to coordinate their sophisticated foraging behavior. During the past decades, many trail pheromone components with various structures have been identified in ants, including the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, a notorious invasive species worldwide. Four compounds, Z,E- (ZEF) and E,E-α-farnesene (EEF), Z,E- (ZEHF) and E,E-α-homofarnesene (EEHF), have been reported as components of S. invicta trail pheromone. However, another study reported an analog of α-farnesene, Z,Z,Z-allofarnesene, as a key trail pheromone component. These contrasting results caused some uncertainty about the trail pheromone composition in S. invicta. In this study, we synthesized ZEF and EEF, ZEHF and EEHF, and reanalyzed the chemicals in the Dufour gland extract and in the trail pheromone fraction of S. invicta worker body extract. The reported isomers of farnesene and homofarnesene were detected and showed trail-following activity, with ZEF as the major compound, while no allofarnesene was found, neither in the Dufour gland extract nor in the whole-body extract. Our results confirm ZEF and EEF, ZEHF and EEHF as trail pheromone components of S. invicta.     

Foraging behavior and recruitment of red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren in typical habitats of South China

The foraging behavior consisted of three steps: searching, recruitment and transportation. Searching time was different for different foods; searching time for honey was longer than that for any other food tested. It was also affected by habitats with the searching time of fire ants in a litchi orchard being significantly longer than that for other habitats (p<0.01). However, the weight of the food had no obvious effect on the searching time. The recruitment of fire ant workers during foraging was regular, and there was a strong relationship between the number of recruited workers and the transportation time. When the food was too heavy to transport immediately into the nest, the number of recruited workers was maximum at 30 min after the food was initially found. For smaller sized food sources maximum recruitment of workers was possible at a shorter time and the food was more rapidly transported back to the nest. For different foods, the dynamics of recruitment were similar although the number of recruits was different. The weight of the food and the habitats also deeply affected the time spent on transportation.     

Characteristics of 11 polymorphic microsatellite markers in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren

We have characterized 11 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the invasive ant Solenopsis invicta. Primer pairs were evaluated on fire ants collected from monogyne mounds in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. The observed and effective number of alleles ranged from two to six and from 1.31 to 2.64, respectively. The observed and expected heterozygosity values ranged from 0.1613 to 0.7826 and from 0.1491 to 0.6242, respectively. The polymorphism information content of the microsatellites ranged from 0.1482 to 0.6208. Probability tests indicated significant deviations from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at three loci. Pairwise tests did not detect linkage disequilibrium between any pair of loci.     

红火蚁入侵对香蕉园节肢动物群落的负面效应研究

为了探索红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren入侵对南方典型旱作生态系统-香蕉种植园节肢动物群落的生态学效应,本文采用定点系统调查、采样的方法,收集、记录了红火蚁严重发生的高、中和低杂草覆盖度香蕉园香蕉植株上、杂草上、地表节肢动物种类、个体数量,并比较了节肢动物群落动态变化、多样性主要参数与红火蚁未发生区之间的差异。研究结果表明在红火蚁入侵区,高、中覆盖度类型区域香蕉植株上物种数有所增加,低覆盖类型物种数减少;高覆盖度类型区域香蕉植株上节肢动物个体总数增加,而中、低覆盖度类型均呈下降趋势,其中低覆盖度下降幅最大,为38.01%。与无红火蚁区域相比,红火蚁入侵区高、中和低杂草覆盖度区域香蕉植株上节肢动物群落特征参数变化不大。与对照区域相比,入侵区高、中、低杂草覆盖度区域杂草上节肢动物群落物种数降幅均大于30%,个体总数降幅均大于50%,丰富度指数降低了20%,而优势度指数分别增加了25%、37.5%、62.5%;入侵区地表节肢动物群落物种数降幅均近30%,个体总数降幅均在34%以上,丰富度指数降低了20%,高、中、低覆盖度区域地表节肢动物群落优势度指数分别上升了46.15%、61.54%、38.46%。红火蚁入侵对高、中、低杂草覆盖度香蕉园香蕉植株上节肢动物群落的负面影响较小,而对杂草和地表节肢动物群落有显著负面影响,改变了这些地方节肢动物群落的特征和结构。     

Modelling the potential spread of Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (red imported fire ant) in Australia

Abstract  Quantifying the potential spread and density of an invading organism enables decision-makers to determine the most appropriate response to incursions. We present two linked models that estimate the spread of Solenopsis invicta Buren (red imported fire ant) in Australia based on limited data gathered after its discovery in Brisbane in 2001. A stochastic cellular automaton determines spread within a location (100 km by 100 km) and this is coupled with a model that simulates human-mediated movement of S. invicta to new locations. In the absence of any control measures, the models predict that S. invicta could cover 763 000–4 066 000 km² by the year 2035 and be found at 200 separate locations around Australia by 2017–2027, depending on the rate of spread. These estimated rates of expansion (assuming no control efforts were in place) are higher than those experienced in the USA in the 1940s during the early invasion phases in that country. Active control efforts and quarantine controls in the USA (including a concerted eradication attempt in the 1960s) may have slowed spread. Further, milder winters, the presence of the polygynous social form, increased trade and human mobility in Australia in 2000s compared with the USA in 1940s could contribute to faster range expansion.     

红火蚁告警信息素的GC-EAD分析

[背景]2-乙基-3,6-二甲基吡嗪是红火蚁告警信息素的主要成分,本研究旨在分离、鉴定红火蚁工蚁浸提液中告警信息素成分,分析红火蚁工蚁对告警信息素合成样品混合物的电生理反应。[方法]200 g红火蚁工蚁的正己烷浸提液过硅胶柱,正己烷—丙酮体系洗脱,气相色谱（GC）和气相色谱—质谱联用（GC-MS）分析检测浸提液中含告警信息素的流分,气相色谱—触角电位联用仪（GC-EAD）分析红火蚁工蚁对2-乙基-3,5（6）-二甲基吡嗪混合物的电生理活性。[结果]红火蚁工蚁正己烷浸提液硅胶柱层析分离能够得到含2-乙基-3,6-二甲基吡嗪的流分,GC-MS分析的保留时间在11.45 min。经过GC-EAD分析,发现红火蚁工蚁对2-乙基-3,5（6）-二甲基吡嗪混合物有显著的电生理反应。[结论与意义]红火蚁工蚁对2-乙基-3,6-二甲基吡嗪的电生理反应比2-乙基-3,5-二甲基吡嗪高。     

红火蚁与两种本地蚂蚁间的干扰竞争

为了探讨重大入侵生物红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren与本地蚂蚁的竞争机制以及红火蚁成功入侵的机理, 本研究以红火蚁和2种本地蚂蚁黑头酸臭蚁Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius)及亮红大头蚁Pheidole fervida Smith为材料, 室内测定了红火蚁分别与黑头酸臭蚁、亮红大头蚁之间在个体水平和种群水平上的攻击性和攻击强度。一对一攻击试验结果表明：红火蚁和黑头酸臭蚁之间攻击级别多集中在Ⅲ级, 即竞争优势明显的红火蚁对黑头酸臭蚁缺乏激烈的攻击, 只是在相互攻击时多摆出威胁姿势; 红火蚁与亮红大头蚁之间攻击性较强, 尤其是红火蚁中型和小型工蚁与亮红大头蚁兵蚁之间的攻击性（3.35和3.30）显著强于红火蚁大型工蚁与亮红大头蚁兵蚁的攻击性（2.70）。群体攻击试验结果表明：与黑头酸臭蚁群体攻击的红火蚁各处理组合中, 无死亡红火蚁出现, 而黑头酸臭蚁死亡率为31.80%; 而与亮红大头蚁群体攻击中, 红火蚁死亡率为0.20%~12.00%, 而亮红大头蚁平均死亡率为49.91%。可见, 红火蚁的群体攻击能力强于黑头酸臭蚁和亮红大头蚁, 其中红火蚁与亮红大头蚁间的相互攻击程度激烈, 死亡率较高, 而与黑头酸臭蚁间的攻击程度较弱, 可能由于黑头酸臭蚁化学防御对本身起到一定的保护作用, 这为进一步加强红火蚁发生区本地蚂蚁优势种--黑头酸臭蚁的保护利用提供理论基础。     

Culture-independent identification of gut bacteria in fourth-instar red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, larvae

Red imported fire ants (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta Buren, are medical, urban, and agricultural pests from South America. They are successful invaders due to their preference for disturbed habitats, high reproductive rates, and the ability to feed on a wide variety of food items (omnivorous). Fourth-instar larvae are used by the colony to digest solid food and then regurgitate it for consumption by workers and queens. Larvae are an ideal source of investigations of endosymbiotic bacteria possibly involved in nutrient distributions. Our study utilized 16S rDNA sequencing to describe the composition of the bacterial community in fourth-instar ant larvae in order to identify possible endosymbiotic bacteria present therein. The 16S rRNA gene was directly amplified from mixed-population DNA of whole fire ant larval guts and cloned into Escherichia coli. Bacterial communities from three geographically separated RIFA colonies were examined. Sequenced bacterial clones from guts were determined to be predominantly from the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Enterobacteriaceae. Our results did not detect the presence of endosymbiotic bacteria in the guts of RIFA larvae among the colonies. In addition, minimal species overlap was found when bacterial inventories were compared among colonies. Thus, bacteria coadapted with red imported fire ant larvae were not detected. Identified bacteria were not closely affiliated with endosymbiotic bacteria common in other insect species. Bacteria communities appeared to be unique to each geographical location and were determined by the foods consumed by the ants.     

Decreased small mammal and on-host tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)

Invasive species may impact pathogen transmission by altering the distributions and interactions among native vertebrate reservoir hosts and arthropod vectors. Here, we examined the direct and indirect effects of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) on the native tick, small mammal and pathogen community in southeast Texas. Using a replicated large-scale field manipulation study, we show that small mammals were more abundant on treatment plots where S. invicta populations were experimentally reduced. Our analysis of ticks on small mammal hosts demonstrated a threefold increase in the ticks caught per unit effort on treatment relative to control plots, and elevated tick loads (a 27-fold increase) on one common rodent species. We detected only one known human pathogen (Rickettsia parkeri), present in 1.4% of larvae and 6.7% of nymph on-host Amblyomma maculatum samples but with no significant difference between treatment and control plots. Given that host and vector population dynamics are key drivers of pathogen transmission, the reduced small mammal and tick abundance associated with S. invicta may alter pathogen transmission dynamics over broader spatial scales.     

红火蚁弃尸堆的食物结构

通过对红火蚁弃尸堆进行收集、整理、鉴定和分析,研究了自然条件下华南地区典型生境中红火蚁食物结构的季节性变化.结果表明:红火蚁弃尸堆中主要包括了8个目的昆虫和种子共41个种类.其中鞘翅目Coleoptera昆虫的出现频率最高,在4个生境荔枝园、苗圃、荒地、公路路边中分别为69.05%、41.7%、51.8%和66.67%;同翅目Homoptera昆虫出现频率最低,只在荒地中发现占1.20%.其余依次为膜翅目Hymenoptera(14.92%)、半翅目Hemiptera(11.96%)、种子(11.66%)、直翅目Orthoptera(2.08%)、鳞翅目Lepidoptera(0.60%)、等翅目Isoptera(0.60%)和蜻蜓目Odonata(0.60%).弃尸堆中的昆虫碎片以成虫为主,蛹和幼虫较少.不同生境弃尸堆内红火蚁觅食对象的种类虽然较为接近,但在组成与数量上存在差异,其相似度不高.弃尸堆中红火蚁觅食对象的种类和碎片数随着时间呈现明显的变动,上半年的4、5月份和下半年9、10月份红火蚁的觅食到的对象多样性丰富,这两个阶段属于觅食活跃期.     

华南地区典型生境中红火蚁觅食行为及工蚁召集规律

观察研究了华南地区几种典型生境中红火蚁对不同类型食物的觅食行为和工蚁召集动态规律。研究结果表明红火蚁觅食行为存在搜寻、召集及搬运等主要过程。不同生境中红火蚁对食物的搜寻时间存在一定差异,荔枝园中搜寻时间明显长于其它生境;荔枝园、荒地、路边生境中红火蚁对蜂蜜的搜寻时间明显长于其它几种食物;同一生境中红火蚁对不同重量的同种食物搜寻时间无明显变化。发现食物后召集的工蚁数量随着时间延长呈现不断增加的趋势,对于较大的食物一般30min左右召集的工蚁数量达到最大,之后趋于稳定并逐渐减少,而对于可以直接搬动的食物发现后15min左右群体召集数量达到最大并很快将其搬走。召集工蚁数量与发现后时间的关系符合二次非线性方程,建立了火腿肠、花生油和蜂蜜等食物上红火蚁工蚁召集数量与发现时间的关系模型,分别为Na=4183.91e^-0.0327T-4231.48e^-0.0346T,Na=3253.78e^-0.0233T-3314.59e^-0.0271T,Na=117.97e^-0.0131T-163.93e^-0.0808T。对于不同食物红火蚁发现后召集的最大工蚁数量间有明显差异,其中花生油上最大,平均为176．3头,火腿肠上次之,为90．4头,蜂蜜上最少,为68．0头。对于不同重量的同种食物,工蚁的召集动态规律较为一致,发现食物后25-30min左右工蚁的召集数量均达到最大值,之后缓慢减少,发现食物后时间长度和食物上工蚁数量也符合房室模型函数Na=c1×exp（-c2T）-c3×exp（-c4T）。同种食物不同重量之间同一时间召集的工蚁数量存在较大差异,呈随食物重量增大而增大趋势。不同生境中对相同质量同种食物工蚁召集数量动态总体变化规律相近,但在发现食物后工蚁数量增长的速度和最大召集工蚁的数量存在明显差异,以路边工蚁数量增长最快、工蚁总数最多,苗圃次之,荔枝园、荒地中工蚁增长速度均较低。红火蚁对不同食物种类切割、搬运耗时存在很大差异,搬运完0．5g的火腿肠需要26．23h,而黄粉虫幼虫（重量约为0．1g）仅为15．6min。不同生境中红火蚁对相同重量同一种食物的搬运耗时也不同,荔枝园要长于其它生境。