Effect of Cry1Ab protein on hemocytes of the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata

Studies on the effect of Cry1Ab protein on hemocytes of the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata revealed that Cry1Ab protein could accumulate in the four-instar and adult spiders via the food chain from transgenic rice expressing Cry1Ab protein through its prey brown planthoppers with approximate 20-time enrichment, but could not accumulate in hemolymph of the spider. The accumulated Cry1Ab had no significant effects on several elements of hemolymph including stored energy, calcium ion concentration and apoptosis rate of the hemocytes, indicating that Cry1Ab could not affect the hemocytes of P. pseudoannulata.     

Diet-dependent fecundity of the spiders Atypena formosana and Pardosa pseudoannulata, predators in irrigated rice

1 The fecundity of the spiders Atypena formosana and Pardosa pseudoannulata was assessed on diets of brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (BPH), green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens (GLH), Collembola (Entomobryidae), Droso phila melanogaster and three prey mixtures; BPH–GLH, BPH–GLH–Collembola and a full mixed diet of BPH–GLH–Collembola–D. melanogaster. 2 Egg production and hatching success was high in A. formosana except on the BPH, the GLH and the BPH–GLH diets. In P. pseudoannulata egg production and hatching success was lowest on diets of GLH and BPH–GLH, whereas this spider used BPH better. 3 Differences between offspring sizes were small. 4 Survival of A. formosana females was lowest on the GLH and BPH–GLH diets. In P. pseudoannulata survival did not differ significantly. 5 Food conversion efficiency was highest on the Collembola and the D. melanogaster diets for both spiders. 6 Overall, diets of Collembola and D. melanogaster had the highest quality for both spiders, the BPH–GLH–Collembola and the full mixed diets were intermediate in quality, the quality of the BPH diet was intermediate to low and quality of the GLH and BPH–GLH diets was low. 7 There need not be a contradiction between low dietary value of hoppers and successful natural biological control provided that the nutritional needs of the spiders are met by sufficient alternative prey. 8 The hopper‐spider relationship is comparable to that of aphids and spiders in temperate cereals, suggesting that low dietary quality of Homopterans to spiders may be widespread.     

2种杀虫剂对拟环纹豹蛛的毒力测定

采用浸渍法测定了2种杀虫剂对化学防治田（化防田）和生物防治田（生防田）中的拟环纹豹蛛Pardosa　pseudoannulata田间种群的毒力。结果表明,甲胺磷对拟环纹豹蛛杀伤较大,但锐劲特在高剂量下两地种群的死亡率也较高。甲胺磷对拟环纹豹蛛的毒力回归方程和LC50分别为：化防田y=1.387 7 x＋0.837 4, 999.09 mg/L,生防田y=1.778 4 x＋0.880 4, 207.23 mg/L;;锐劲特对拟环纹豹蛛的毒力回归方程和LC50分别为：化防田y=2．0215x＋0．0620,277．22mg／L,生防田y=2．0948x＋0．1568,205．11mg／L。锐劲特对两地稻田蜘蛛的毒力均大于甲胺磷,因此水稻生产中要合理使用农药,或与其他杀虫剂混配使用以达到最大限度的保护天敌。     

拟环纹豹蛛产卵前后卵巢组织学及酯酶同工酶的比较研究

利用解剖学和组织切片技术,对拟环纹豹蛛产卵前后卵细胞和卵巢发育的组织学进行了研究。根据细胞核以及核仁的形态及卵黄积累等情况,将卵细胞的发育分成4个时期：卵原细胞、卵黄合成期的卵母细胞、成熟前期和成熟期。观察发现,拟环纹豹蛛的卵巢南若干向卵巢腔内突起的卵巢小体构成,卵巢发育随着卵细胞的发育有一定的规律性。利用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳的方法研究了产卵前后和未成熟不同时期的卵巢酯酶同工酶,结果发现同工酶存在一定差异。     

Cry1Ab蛋白在拟环纹豹蛛体内的富集及对其体内酶活性的影响

用Cry1Ab蛋白处理的果蝇喂养拟环纹豹蛛Pardosa pseudoannulata,在第1d、3d、5d、7d、9d、11d用酶联免疫（ELISA）检测技术测定实验组和对照组拟环纹豹蛛体内Cry1Ab蛋白含量,运用紫外分光光度法检测拟环纹豹蛛体内超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH—Px）、乙酰胆碱酯酶（AChE）的活性,探讨拟环纹豹蛛体内Cw1Ab蛋白的富集作用与其体内3种酶活性的关系。结果表明,从第ld至第7dC~IAb蛋F1在拟环纹豹蛛体内均具富集作用（P〈0．05）,到第7d的时候达到最高值,达极显著差异（p〈0．01）,然后逐渐降低,但仍显著高于对照（p〈0．05）。SOD酶活性总体趋势是降低的,在第7d达到最低;用Cry1Ab蛋白处理拟环纹豹蛛后其体内的AChE和GSH—Px酶活性随饲养时间的延长而增加,并均高于对照组（p〈0．05）。该研究征明Cry1Ab蛋白在拟环纹豹蛛体内具有富集效应,并且其体内Cry1Ab蛋白对其体内GSH—Px、AChE具铂一定诱导作用,对SOD酶具有一定程度的抑制作用。     

Cry1Ab蛋白对拟环纹豹蛛胚胎发育过程中形态和化学物质含量变化的影响

利用稻田蜘蛛优势种拟环纹豹蛛为研究对象,检测Cry1Ab蛋白在拟环纹豹蛛卵囊内的含量及Cry1Ab蛋白对拟环纹豹蛛胚胎发育过程中形态特征的变化、化学物质含量和卵粒内4种保护酶活性的影响。结果表明：在胚胎发育过程中,卵粒中Cry1Ab蛋白含量随发育时间延长而减少,通过对卵粒中的化学物质的测定,发现蛋白质含量水平对照组要显著高于实验组（P〈0.05）,糖和脂肪含量对照组和实验组之间无显著差异。卵粒内超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、乙酰胆碱酯酶（AchE）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）4种酶活力除了GSH-Px酶活力实验组高于对照组外,其余3种酶活力均低于对照组。通过石蜡切片和液体石蜡透明观察,实验组较对照组胚胎发育历期延长。该研究证明在胚胎发育时期Cry1Ab蛋白影响了卵粒内SOD、AchE、GSH-Px和CAT酶的活力,且Cry1Ab蛋白对拟环纹豹蛛的胚胎发育产生了一定程度的影响。     

Fitness costs and benefits of antipredator behavior mediated by chemotactile cues in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Animals may exhibit a variety of defensive behaviors in thepresence of indirect predator cues. Such behavior offers immediatefitness benefits but may also incur substantial foraging andreproductive costs. We measured shifts in space use (verticalclimbing) by the wolf spider Pardosa milvina induced by chemotactilecues (silk and excreta) from a co-occurring predatory wolfspider Hogna helluo. We then measured foraging and reproductive costs, as well as survival benefits, of this behavior. For 2weeks, we maintained mated adult female Pardosa in plasticcontainers with one of three treated peat moss substrates:a container previously occupied by a conspecific for 3 days,a container previously occupied by an adult Hogna for 3 days,and a container devoid of either cue (control). We measuredprey capture efficiency, body condition, egg sac production,egg sac weight, and egg number for individuals in each treatment.We also counted the number of Pardosa that survived and exhibitedclimbing behavior in the presence of a live Hogna with andwithout silk and excreta cues. Pardosa climbed container wallssignificantly more often in the presence of Hogna silk andexcreta relative to other treatments. Pardosa exposed to Hognacues coupled with live Hogna survived significantly longerthan spiders that had no predator cues available. Pardosa placedin containers with Hogna cues, but no Hogna, lost weight morequickly, ate fewer prey, were in poorer body condition, producedlighter egg sacs, and produced fewer eggs than spiders in controlor conspecific treatments.     

Cloning and differential expression of three heat shock protein genes associated with thermal stress from the wolf spider Pardosa pseudoannulata (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Pardosa pseudoannulata is the main predatory natural enemy of crop pests in a paddy ecosystem. When P. pseudoannulata is exposed to unfavorable temperature conditions, the response of heat shock proteins could resist the damage, and is therefore, conducive to the organism’s rapid adaptation to the surrounding stress environment. In this study, we explored the roles of hsp70 and hsp90 genes in response to heat stress, using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends technique and cloned full-length cDNAs of Pphsp70, Pphsp83, and Pphsp90. The mRNA expression levels of the three genes under different temperature stresses (25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, and 43 °C) and with different duration stresses (4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 h) were analyzed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The full-length cDNA of Pphsp70, Pphsp83, and Pphsp90 was 2331 base pair (bp), 2466 bp, and 2663 bp, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of amino acid sequences of Pphsp70, Pphsp83, and Pphsp90 showed that the sequences had high homology with that of other spiders. The mRNA expression of all three genes was extremely significantly up-regulated at 43 °C. Moreover at 43 °C, the expression of all three genes in both female and male spiders at the duration of 4 h was the highest compared to that of other stress duration groups. Therefore, it can be inferred that the three genes of P. pseudoannulata play a crucial protective role in resistance in a high-temperature environment.     

Aspects of the ecological energetics of the wolf spider Pardosa (Lycosa) lugubris (Walckenaer)

Summary Feeding experiments were carried out on various stages of the wolf spider Pardosa lugubris in order to construct an energy budget for the spider. Under the rearing conditions the spiders developed at a similar rate to those in the field. P. lugubris females ingest 308 cal during their life. 73.0% of this energy, goes into respiration and 25.7% into production. Males ingest 98 cal of which 81.3% goes into respiration and 16.1% into production. P. lugubris ingests a large proportion of the food it kills and it resembles other arthropod carnivores in having high growth efficiencies.The annual rate of energy flow through a wolf spider population was calculated. 1.39 Kcal/m²/year are killed of which 81.2% is ingested. Of this ingested energy 71.1% goes into respiration and 26.4% into production.The difficulties involved in the assessment of the results of single-species energetics studies are discussed.The annual population energy budget of P. lugubris is compared with that of Pyrrhosoma nymphula, an aquatic arthropod carnivore with a similar lifecycle to P. lugubris. Although the magnitudes of the various components of the energy budget are larger in P. nymphula, there are similarities between the two species. Thus, the amount of energy killed per unit of predator biomass is similar and a similar proportion of this energy is returned to the ecosystem, although proportionally more goes into decomposers in P. lugubris.     

Aerial dispersal in relation to habitat in eight wolf spider species (Pardosa,Araneae, Lycosidae)

Summary In the eight Pardosa species studied, aerial dispersal occurs generally in the young instars. The climatic conditions, particularly wind but also temperature and humidity, affect the occurrence of aerial dispersal. Within the different systematic groups in the genus, species with relatively high and relatively low dispersal capacities occur. These differences in dispersal capacity are discussed in relation with the abundance and stability of the habitat, in which the species are found.     

Morphology and function of the spinning apparatus of the wolf spider Pardosa amentata (Cl.) (Araneae,Lycosidae)

The histology of the four types of silk gland, occurring in the wolf spider Pardosa amentata are given. The changes in epithelium height, lumen breadth and size of the granules were studied in relation to silk production in the sub-adult and adult stage of the life-cycle.     

Relation between habitat structure and development of the glandulae ampullaceae in eight wolf spider species (Pardosa,Araneae, Lycosidae)

Summary In eight Pardosa species studied there is a correlation between the structure of the habitat in which the species live, the quantity of silk (drag-lines) produced, the plane in which the silk is spun and the degree of development of the silk glands (the gl. ampullaceae). In general, species living in field-type vegetation have large gl. ampullaceae, produce large quantities of silk and spin proportionally more silk in the vertical plane, while the converse is true for species from open-ground type vegetation.     

Prey classification by an araneophagic ant-like jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae)

What to attack is one of the most basic decisions predators must make, and these decisions are reliant upon the predator's sensory and cognitive capacity. Active choice of spiders as preferred prey, or araneophagy, has evolved in several distantly related spider families, including jumping spiders (Salticidae), but has never been demonstrated in ant-like jumping spiders. We used prey-choice tests with motionless lures to investigate prey-choice behaviour in Myrmarachne melanotarsa , an East African ant-like salticid that normally lives in aggregations and often associates with other spider species. We show that M . melanotarsa chooses spiders as prey in preference to insects and, furthermore, discriminates between different types of spiders. Myrmarachne melanotarsa 's preferred prey were juvenile hersiliids and its second most preferred were other salticids. To date, all documented examples of araneophagic salticids have been from the basal subfamily Spartaeinae. Myrmarachne melanotarsa is the first non-spartaeine and also the first ant-like salticid for which araneophagy has been demonstrated.     

Decrease in respiratory rate in a wolf spider,Pardosa astrigera (L. Koch), under starvation

Effects of starvation on the suryival period and the respiratory rate in adults of a wolf spider, Pardosa astrigera (L. Koch ), were investigated. The spiders used were divided into four groups: well-fed, starved and two limited food groups; in the latter two, each spider was supplied with one leafhopper every second or third day. Adult males and females of P. astrigera could survive for a long time; 28.8±2.7 days and 54.4±18.9 days, respectively, without any food. The longevities shown here were 73.8% for males and 78.6% for females of those of well-fed spiders, indicating that P. astrigera adults have a strong tolerance to starvation. The respiratory rate of well-fed adults showed no tendency to increase or decrease with their aging; the mean respiratory rates were 4.86×10⁻⁴ mg CO₂/mg f.w. (fresh body weight)/hr for males and 3.80×10⁻⁴ mg CO₂/mg f.w./hr for females. The respiratory rates of starved spiders increased during the first two days of starvation but decreased markedly from the third to the twelfth day, and thereafter retained an almost constant level for each sex. The mean respiratory rates after the twelfth day of starvation were 2.49×10⁻⁴ mg CO₂/mg f.w./hr for males and 2.76×10⁻⁴ mg CO₂/mg f.w./hr for females; these values were respectively 48.4% and 63.0% of those prior to starvation. The fresh body weight of starved spiders decreased linearly with time but the rate was small. The respiratory rates of the limited food groups tended to decline with time and thereby their weight losses were minimized. The decrease in the respiratory rate under starvation was considered not to be due to spider exhaustion or senescence but due to an intrinsic change in behaviour and/or metabolism, because when the spiders were supplied with ample food for five days after starvation, the respiratory rate and the body weight rapidly recovered to near the levels prior to starvation. It is suggested that starved spiders use a higher ratio of fat as catabolic substrate than normally fed or satiated ones. Feeding strategies of poikilo-therm predators are discussed.     

水稻品种和稻虱缨小蜂对褐飞虱协同作用的模拟分析

利用我们先前的试验结果和文献资料,组建了水稻品种－褐飞虱－稻虱缨小蜂３者相互关系的模拟模型．模拟分析表明水稻品种能直接和间接地通过物理或化学特性影响稻虱缨小蜂的寄生作用,其中以影响褐飞虱卵垂直分布型、稻虱缨小蜂的迁入时间、未成熟期历期和怀印量等的水稻品种特性起主要作用．同时,模拟分析还表明中等抗性的水稻品种,配以增强稻虱缨小蜂寄生作用的品种特性,就能有效地控制褐飞虱的危害．文中还就协调水稻品种抗性与天敌协同控制褐飞虱的途径进行了讨论．     

Prey preferences ofPortia fimbriata,an araneophagic,web-building jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland

Portia fimbriata from Queensland, a previously studied jumping spider (Salticidae), routinely includes web-building spiders and cursorial salticids in its diet, both of these types of prey being dangerous and unusual prey for a salticid. The present paper is the first detailed study ofP. fimbriata's prey preferences. Three basic types of tests of prey preference were used, providing evidence that (1)P. fimbriata males and females prefer spiders (both web-building spiders in webs and salticids away from webs) to insects; (2)P. fimbriata males and females prefer salticids to web-building spiders; (3)P. fimbriata males and females prefer larger spiders to smaller spiders; (4) there are intersexual differences in the preferences ofP. fimbriata for prey size, females preferring larger prey and males preferring smaller prey; and (5)P. fimbriata's prey preferences are not affected by a prior period without food of 2 weeks. When preferences were tested for by using both living, active prey and dead, motionless lures, the same preferences were expressed, indicating thatP. fimbriata can distinguish among different types of prey independent of the different movement patterns of different prey.     

Effects of temperature on courtship and copulatory behaviours of a wolf spider Pardosa astrigera (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Spiders possess a suit of characteristics, which play important roles in the fields of sensory modalities and sexual selection. Although the effects of temperature on spider prey-hunting, web-building, sexual signaling and habitat selection are well-documented, the effects of environmental temperature on spider courtship and copulatory behaviours are largely unexplored. In order to determine the effects of temperature on the sexual behaviours of the wolf spider Pardosa astrigera, we subjected pairs of male and female to five temperatures from 16 to 32 °C at an interval of 4 °C in a controlled laboratory conditions. Results indicated that in males most behavioural parameters, except the number of hematodochal expansions, were significantly influenced by environmental temperature. Male P. astrigera courtship latency, courtship duration, and copulatory duration declined gradually with increasing temperature within the range of 16–28 °C, whereas the number of pedipalp insertions and frequencies of both pedipalp insertions and hematodochal expansions increased gradually with temperature.     

中国和越南褐飞虱抗药性研究

2010年用稻茎浸渍法监测了我国和越南共14个褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens(St(a)l)田间种群对5种杀虫剂的抗性,结果表明:14个褐飞虱田间种群对吡虫啉、噻嗪酮、氟虫腈、吡蚜酮和叶蝉散的LC50值分别在9.5287～46 6716、1.6621～17.8785、0.9818～ 8.4084、0.331...