红头豆芫菁成虫芫菁素含量的研究

芫菁素在红头豆芫菁体内主要贮存在雄虫的生殖腺和卵内。与野生群体两性芫菁素的平均含量相比较,刚交配过的雄虫失去体内７０％的芫菁素,其雌配偶体内芫菁素含量相应升高４３％。红头豆芫菁可用作中药材。经１１０℃烘干后的雄虫,用酸水解后提取的芫菁素含量比直接提取的含量增高４倍。     

贵州5种药用豆芫菁形态比较研究

本文对贵州5种药用豆芫菁外部形态及其雌、雄外生殖器特征进行比较研究,旨在增补和完善该类昆虫的形态特征,为药用芫菁的分类及种类鉴定提供系统全面的参考资料。结果表明:所研究的5种药用豆芫菁的外部形态特征(体长、触角、头部、前胸背板、雄性前足胫节)及雌雄外生殖器构造(阳茎基、阳茎、产卵瓣)在种间既有共性,又存在明显差异,可作为该类药用昆虫物种准确鉴定的主要依据。此外,本文提供了这5种豆芫菁的整体照片、局部特征图及分种检索表。     

细纹豆芫菁交配与繁殖力的关系

将采自野外的细纹豆芫菁EpicautamannerhimiMkl的雌雄成虫各50头在室内进行人工随机配对,共发生75次交配,平均交配1.5次。雄虫1生可交配0～4次,雌虫0～2次。交配持续时间为(188±55)min,交配持续时间与交配次数之间、交配持续时间与繁殖力之间均无相关性。交配次数与两性的繁殖力呈负相关。交配后有36头雌虫43次产卵,其中有35次产卵发生在本次交配后,有8次产卵发生在连续2次交配后。作者认为雌虫在性感受性上的差异,与不育雄虫参与雌虫的前次交配有关。雄虫能否产生足够数量的交配因子来抑制雌虫的性感受性,是决定雌虫在产卵前交配次数的重要因素。     

扁角豆芫菁成虫雌雄异型触角感器精细结构观察(英文)

【目的】本研究旨在观察扁角豆芫菁Epicauta impressicornis主要触角感器的形态特征,为进一步开展扁角豆芫菁生物学和行为机制研究提供基础参考,也为今后的触角感受器电生理研究提供前提条件。【方法】对扁角豆芫菁E. impressicornis雌雄成虫触角感器进行了扫描电镜观察,并对雌雄成虫触角感器数量、分布及其差异进行了统计和比较分析。【结果】结果表明,其雌雄成虫触角感器存在性二型现象,二者的感器类型、数量及分布既有共性又存在明显差异。雌雄成虫触角共有的感器分为7种,即2种刺形感器(CH1和CH2),2种锥形感器(SB1和SB2),1种Böhm氏鬃毛(BB),1种耳形感器(SA)和1种钟形感器(CA);雄虫触角特有的感器类型包括1种刺形感器(CH3)和1种锥形感器(SB3),而雌性触角特有的感器类型包含2种锥形感器(SB4和SB5)和1种凹槽钉形感器(GP)。【结论】扁角豆芫菁成虫触角感受器类型丰富多样。根据触角感受器的形态、分布以及与之前报道结果的比较分析,推测其功能可能为信息素感器(CH1)、化学感器(CH2和GP)、嗅觉受体(CH3, SB1-SB5, SA和CA)、机械感器(BB)和温度感器(GP和CA)。     

细纹豆芫菁和大斑芫菁的性行为

本文对细纹豆芫菁EpicautamannerheimiM kl和大斑芫菁MylabrisphalerataPallas的求偶和交配过程进行了描述。列举了芫菁亚科 5族 1 3属 3 4种芫菁的性行为 ,并讨论了雄成虫在形态构造上对求偶和交配行为的适应性行为。     

云南豆芫菁属一新种(鞘翅目:芫菁科)

记述中国云南豆芫菁属1新种:隐纹豆芫菁Epicautacryptogramaca,sp.nov.。新种与陈氏豆芫菁E.cheniTan,1958在外形上相似,两者的主要区别是:前者唇基和上唇扁平并有刻点和毛,后者唇基前缘光滑厚实,上唇基部和端部光滑;前者触角被一色的黑短毛,后者基部3节则密生浅色毛;前者前足第1跗节正常,后者则变为宽卵形;前者的足完全黑色,后者的后足胫节棕至棕黄。模式标本保存在河北大学博物馆。     

A NEW CHINESE RECORD GENUS AND ONE NEW RECORD SPECIES OF MELOIDAE FROM CHINA (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONOIDEA)

记述芫菁科Meloidae 中国1新纪录属,异角芫菁属Rhampholyssa,以及中国1新纪录种,斯氏异角芫菁Rhampholyssa steveni (Fischer von Waldheim.1823).该属的主要鉴别特征是:触角8 节,♂性第3～5节极为特化,背面观颊几乎不可见;♂额具发达纵隆脊并由侧面可见.提供了斯氏异角芫菁形态描述、生物学、寄主及形态特征图.研究标本保存在河北大学博物馆.     

嗜虫书虱触角的超微结构及其在交配行为中的作用

研究嗜虫书虱触角的超微结构及其在交配行为中的作用,对于其生物学和行为学具有重要的意义。本研究利用Quanta 250型扫描电镜对嗜虫书虱触角超微结构进行研究,在Lei CAEZ4HD型解剖镜下用WPI500374型显微剪刀分别剪去雌、雄虫触角及触角不同部位后,利用Smartzoom 5型超景深显微镜观察其交配行为。研究结果表明,嗜虫书虱雌、雄虫触角形态类似,均属于线状触角,由柄节、梗节和鞭节组成,鞭节分13个亚节,成虫触角感受器主要有微毛形感受器、刺形感受器(SC1、SC2)、锥形感受器(SB1、SB2)和B9hm氏鬃毛4类感受器6种形态,绝大部分触角感受器分布在雌雄触角的背面、腹面和外侧面,两性间触角感器的类型和分布无明显差异,但数量差异明显(雌、雄虫感受器的数量分别约为8280和7240)。嗜虫书虱触角在交配行为中起到重要的作用,其中雌虫触角的梗节在交配过程中起主要作用,其次是柄节,再次是鞭节;雄虫触角的鞭节部位起着主要的作用,其次是柄节和梗节。结合其交配行为并参考其他昆虫触角感受器的研究结果,推测雌虫触角柄节和梗节上分布的B9hm氏鬃毛和雄虫触角鞭节上分布的微毛形感受器在两性识别中起着主要作用,雌、雄虫触角上分布的两种刺形感受器(SC1、SC2)和两种锥形感受器(SB1、SB2)在交配过程中有机械感受的作用。本研究结果为嗜虫书虱的行为生物学、化学生态学和电生理学的研究提供参考。     

大斑芫菁成虫排毒量的初步研究

应用自行设计的活体取毒器,进一步研究了大斑芫菁成虫活体排毒量.结果表明:不同饲养密度下大斑芫菁排毒量无明显差异;在受到外界刺激时,大斑芫菁雄虫排毒量0.7656mg/头略高于雌虫的0.7381mg/头.同时为了有利于大斑芫菁的正常生长,每天活体提取斑蝥毒素1次比较适宜.     

Antennal motor system of the cockroach, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Periplaneta americana</Emphasis>

The organization of the antennal muscles, nerves, and motor neurons has been investigated in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Antennal movements have been observed by video analysis, muscle actions have been determined by dissection and direct mechanical testing, and the motor neurons innervating each muscle have been defined with a recently developed selective backfill method. A model of the antennomotor system of Periplaneta has thus been established and compared with that of crickets. Five muscles located within the head capsule insert on the most proximal antennal segment, the scape. By their action, they allow the scape to move in essentially any direction within the dorsoventral and anteroposterior planes. An additional pair of muscles, one dorsal and one ventral, are found within the scape. They insert on the pedicel and move the pedicel in the dorsal-ventral plane. These seven muscles are controlled by at least 17 motor neurons with somata located in the deutocerebrum. By their action, these motor neurons enable cockroaches to move the long flagellum of each antenna through a wide range of positions in the frontal space, medio-laterally, and also allow depression toward the substrate and elevation well above the level of the head. The antennal motor neurons have been classified into five morphological types based on soma and axon location. Each morphological type has been correlated with a particular pattern of muscle innervation and control. The neurites of all motor neurons are located along the medial aspect of the dorsal lobe of the deutocerebrum. This research was supported by grant nos. IBN 96-04629 and 04-22883 from the National Science Foundation.     

Organization of the antennal motor system in the sphinx moth Manduca sexta

The antennae of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta are multimodal sense organs, each comprising three segments: scape, pedicel, and flagellum. Each antenna is moved by two systems of muscles, one controlling the movement of the scape and consisting of five muscles situated in the head capsule (extrinsic muscles), and the other system located within the scape (intrinsic muscles) and consisting of four muscles that move the pedicel. At least seven motoneurons innervate the extrinsic muscles, and at least five motoneurons innervate the intrinsic muscles. The dendritic fields of the antennal motoneurons overlap one another extensively and are located in the neuropil of the antennal mechanosensory and motor center. The density of motoneuronal arborizations is greatest in the lateral part of this neuropil region and decreases more medially. None of the motoneurons exhibits a contralateral projection. The cell bodies of motoneurons innervating the extrinsic muscles are distributed throughout an arching band of neuronal somata dorsal and dorsolateral to the neuropil of the antennal mechanosensory and motor center, whereas the cell bodies of motoneurons innervating the intrinsic muscles reside mainly among the neuronal somata situated dorsolateral to that neuropil. Received: 30 March 1996 / Accepted: 23 June 1996     

Sexual Selection of Zorion guttigerum Westwood (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in Relation to Body Size and Color

Zorion guttigerum is a flower-visiting longhorned beetle endemic to New Zealand. Sexual selection of this species in relation to the body size and color form of different sexes was investigated in the field. The population sex ratio, based on censuses of feeding and mating sites (flowers), is male-biased. Females are significantly larger than males. Both sexes have antennae of similar length but the antennal length relative to the elytral length is greater in males than in females, and the antennal length of males increases more with an increase in body size than that of females. Both sexes have dark blue (DB) and yellowish-brown (YB) individuals. Both pair-bonded and solitary males are similar in elytral and antennal length. In pair-bonded males, DB individuals are significantly more numerous than YB ones, but in solitary males, the number of both color forms is similar. Males tend to have territory protection behavior, fighting with and chasing away rival males from feeding and mating sites. Larger males usually win the fight but the size-dependent fighting advantage does not translate into mating success. Male color plays an important role in mating success, with DB males having a significantly better chance to mate than YB males. Furthermore, male body size and color also have interactions in mating success: males of DB color morph obtain a greater mating advantage according to body size. Pair-bonded females are significantly larger and have longer antennae than solitary females, suggesting that males prefer larger females for mating. In addition, females of DB color morph with longer antennae are also preferred by males for mating. The significance of these findings is discussed.     

NEW RECORDS OF TWO GENERA OF TETRACNEMINAE (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) WITH TWO NEW SPECIES IN CHINA

Abstract  Two new species of Tetracneminae, Encyrtidae, collected from Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Yunnan, China are described, i.e. Dusmetia latiscapa Xu, sp. nov, and Gyranusoidea yunnanensis Xu, sp. nov. Dusmetia latiscapa Xu, sp. nov differs from Dusmetia cardinalis Hoffer, 1969 in the coloration of the apical forth funicular segment and the fifth-sixth funicular segments of antennae; (2) length of scape; (3) having undeveloped fore wing and (4) the coloration of body. Gyranusoidea yunnanensis Xu, sp. nov. can be distinguished from the Gyranusoidea hecale Noyes et Hayat 1988 by (1) 1 brown match between antennal scrobe and orbit; (2) scape 5.0 times as long as wide, and (3) antennal scape without white ring subapically. Both two genara of Dusmetia Mercet, and Gyranusoidea Compere are recorded for the first time in China. All specimens examined are deposited in Institute of Applied Entomology, Agriculture & Biotechnology College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.     

四突跳小蜂亚科二中国新记录属二新种（膜翅目：跳小蜂科）

报道了采自辽宁阜新,黑龙江镜泊湖和云南昆明的跳小蜂,即阔柄杜丝跳小蜂,新种Dusmetia latiscapa Xu,sp．nov、云南蚧狼跳小蜂,新种Gyranusoidea yunnanensis Xu,sp．nov．。对新种进行了详细描述。本也是杜丝跳小蜂属Dusmetia Mercet和蚧狼跳小蜂属Gyranusoidea Compere在我国分布的首次记录。阔柄杜丝跳小蜂,新种Dusmetia latiscapa Xu,sp．nov．寄主：粉蚧。分布：黑龙江(镜泊湖),辽宁(阜新)。本种与Dusmetia cardinalis Hoffer,1969相似,有以下几点区别：(1)本种索节第4节端部和第5、6节为白色,后索节3-6节为白色;(2)本种柄节长为宽的2．7倍,后柄节长为宽的5倍;(3)本种前翅完全退化,呈翅芽状,后前翅退化,末端尖;(4)前头胸腹呈现黑褐色,后呈红褐色。云南蚧狼跳小蜂,新种Gyranusoidea yunnanensis Xu,sp．nov．寄主：粉蚧。分布：云南(昆明)。本新种与Gyranusoidea hecale Noyes et Hayat 1988很相似,主要区别是新种：(1)触角窝与复眼之间有1褐色斑,后触角窝与复眼之间有1褐色线相连;(2)触角柄节细长,长为最宽处的5倍,后柄节膨大,长为最宽处的2．5—2．8倍;(3)触角柄节近端无白色环斑,后触角柄节近端有白色环斑。     

Fine structure of antennal mechanosensilla of adult Rhodnius prolixus stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Each antenna of both sexes of adult Rhodnius prolixus has approximately 570 mechanosensitive neurons that innervate five morphologic types of cuticular mechanosensilla: campaniform sensilla, tapered hairs, trichobothria, and type I and type II bristle sensilla. Each campaniform sensillum and tapered hair is presumably innervated by one mechanosensitive bipolar neuron and probably functions in proprioception. The campaniform sensilla being located at the base of the scape could monitor the position of the antenna. Tapered hairs are found at the distal margin of flagellar segment I and projecting laterally from the bases of the pedicel and scape. They probably provide information about the relative positions of the antennal segments. Seven trichobothrium are located on the pedicel and three on flagellar segment I. Each trichobothrium has a long filamentous hair inserted into the base of a socket that extends inwardly as a cuticular tube and is innervated by one bipolar neuron with a tublar body, a parallel arrangement of microtubules associated with electron-dense material. The trichobothria may respond to small variations in air currents. Type I bristles occur at the base of the antenna and are the most numerous type of mechanosensillum; an average of 452 occur on each antenna of females and 440 on males. The bristle is curved toward the antennal shaft and is serrated distally. Type II bristles are located distally and are the second most numerous type of mechanosensillum; an average of 88 were counted on each antenna of females and 94 on males. The type II bristle is straight with small, longitudinal, external grooves and projects laterally from the antennal shaft. Each type I and II bristle sensillum is innervated by a bipolar neuron whose dendrite is divided into an inner and outer segment. The outer segment is encased by a dendritic sheath which may be highly convoluted and distally contains a tubular body. Two sheath cells are associated with each sensillum. Both types of bristle sensilla have a tactile function. The tubular bodies of both types of bristle sensilla have a complex structure indicating that they are very sensitive. Variations in the amount and arrangement of the electron-dense material at the tip of the tubular bodies may reflect differences in viscoelastic properties that underlie functional characteristics.     

The relationship between organ weights and body weights, facial dimensions, and dental dimensions in a population of olive baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis)

Questions concerned with the relationship between organ weights and body weight on an intraspecific level are best answered by using a sample of animals collected in the wild from a single locale during a single season. The organ weights and body weights for this study were obtained from the necropsy reports prepared in the field (Athi Plain, Kenya) by H. C. McGill, Jr. on 36 adult animals (18 males and 18 females). Dental and facial measurements were taken by M.I. Siegel. In order to avoid erroneous results produced by statistical treatment of combined sex samples of sexually dimorphic species, data on the sexes were analyzed separately. Means and standard deviations are reported for selected organ weights and body dimensions (heart, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, adrenal, brain, and pancreas weights, crown–rump length, crown–heel length, head circumference, chest circumference, and body weight). All of the above measures were significantly (p<0.05) different between the sexes. Logarithms of these measures were significantly correlated with the logarithm of body weight in males for heart, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, and adrenal weights, crown–heel length, and head and chest circumference, and in females for crown–heel length, heart, liver, and kidney weights. Partial correlational analysis, removing the effects of body size (weight), showed mostly negative correlational relationships between dental and visceral dimensions. Most of the correlations between facial and visceral dimensions were negative. Allometric equations were calculated for the dental, facial, and visceral dimensions versus body weight, and are compared with prior published results.     

New genus and species of broad-nosed weevils from Baltic amber and notes on fossils of the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Arostropsis groehnigen. et sp. n. is described from Baltic amber and temporarily placed in the tribe Naupactini. It differs from all recent Naupactini genera with open corbels by very short and flattened scape, distinct lateral carina of the pronotum and elytra, and the rostrum distinctly narrower than the head capsule. The shape of head in the extinct genus is somewhat similar to that of the extant Naupactini genera with enclosed corbels (Platyomus Sahlberg, 1823 and Aptolemus Schoenherr, 1842), but differs in the slender body, open corbels, very short antennal scape and epifrons without a median sulcus (only a longitudinal depression is slightly visible). It is also similar to the Tanymecine genus Pandeleteius Schoenherr, 1834 in general appearance, but distinct by the straight anterior edge of the pronotum, lack of postocular spurs, lobes, and vibrissae, a slightly sloping elytral declivity, lateral ridges on the pronotum, subflattened antennal scape, elongate rostrum, and sparsely setose epistome. A new synonymy of the generic names Protonaupactus Zherikhin, 1971 and Sucinophyllobius Wanat & Borowiec, 1986, syn. n., is established. The Madagascan genus Corecaulus Fairmaire, 1903 is transferred from the tribe Naupactini to the Brachyderini because of its connate claws and the similarity in chaetotaxy of the epistomal area with African and Madagascar Brachyderini genera. A key to the identification of known Baltic amber genera of Entiminae is proposed. A checklist of the prepleistocene fossil Entiminae, based on V.V. Zherikhin's data, with remarks and corrections, is presented.     

六斑月瓢虫触角及感觉器扫描电镜观察

[目的] 明确六斑月瓢虫雌雄成虫触角感觉器种类、分布及形态特征。[方法] 利用扫描电子显微镜对六斑月瓢虫雌、雄成虫触角形态及触角感受器超微结构进行观察。[结果] 六斑月瓢虫成虫触角由柄节、梗节和鞭节组成,柄节长度与宽度显著大于梗节长度与宽度;鞭节分为9个亚节,末端3节横向膨大呈锤状。雌雄成虫触角上共有8种感觉器:刺形感觉器(SC)、毛形感觉器(ST)、锥形感觉器(SB)、腔形感觉器(CaS)、钟形感觉器(CS)、哑铃形感觉器(DS)、香肠形感觉器(SS)及B?hm氏鬃毛感觉器(BB)。以毛形感觉器和刺形感觉器分布最广,遍布触角;B?hm氏鬃毛仅存在于触角柄节与梗节;触角鞭节第9亚节顶端密布7种触角感觉器。六斑月瓢虫雌雄成虫触角长度、触角感觉器类型及分布无显著差异。[结论] 六斑月瓢虫成虫触角上共有8种感觉器,其触角可能具有感知机械刺激、识别化学信息素及感受温湿度变化的作用。本研究为进一步了解六斑月瓢虫触角与其行为间的关系提供基础资料。     

Seasonal Occurrence and Morphological Measurements of Pine Sawyer,Monochamus saltuarius Adults (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

To investigate the seasonal occurrence of the pine sawyer, Monochamus saltuarius, its emergence rate was observed in pine log and Korean white pine log conditions after the logs were cut to a regular size and placed in a netted cage. Numerical measurement was also conducted for sex ratios, fresh weight, body length and width, head width, and length of adult antennae. In the Korean white pine logs, the first day of emergence occurred on May 2, the day of peak emergence observed on May 29, and the last day of emergence was on June 10. In the pine logs, the first day of emergence occurred on May 7, the day of peak emergence was observed on May 22, and the last day of emergence was on May 30. The period of seasonal occurrence observed for the pine logs was shorter than that of Korean white pine logs. Sex ratios were 0.58; the average fresh weights of males (331) and females (379) were 0.21 g and 0.23 g; body lengths were 17.6 mm and 18.4 mm; body widths were 5.47 and 5.81 mm; head widths were 3.30 mm and 3.42 mm; and antennal lengths were 40.28 mm and 26.40 mm, respectively. The ratio of the length of the antenna to the body length was measured to be 2.0 in males and 1.4 in females.