苹果蠹蛾不同虫态体征及雌雄个体的快速鉴别方法

【目的】通过对苹果蠹蛾Cydia pomonella (L.)不同虫态的形态特征进行识别描述和定量观测,比较分析并研究提出苹果蠹蛾老熟幼虫、蛹及成虫雌雄个体的快速、准确鉴别特征与方法。【方法】利用体式显微镜拍照、测量记录苹果蠹蛾不同虫态雌雄个体间的形态特征、体征参数等。【结果】苹果蠹蛾老熟幼虫雌雄个体的体征差异:雄性腹节背面有明显肾形斑,雌性无斑。蛹雌雄个体的体征差异:雄蛹腹面翅尖后有4条明显体节线,第9腹节腹面中央有一纵裂缝,裂缝两侧各有一半圆形的瘤状突起;而雌蛹翅尖后有3条明显体节线,第8腹节腹面前缘有一纵裂缝,与腹节线相连形成类似"Y"形,裂缝两侧平坦无突起。成虫雌雄个体的体征差异:雄虫前翅反面中室后缘有一黑褐色条斑,雌虫无此条斑;雄虫腹部狭长,抱器瓣常开张,呈钳状,雌虫腹部圆筒状,末端较细。【结论】研究结果揭示了苹果蠹蛾老熟幼虫、蛹及成虫等不同虫态雌雄个体间的体征差异,比较研究并提出了便于快速鉴别雌雄个体的典型特征和识别方法。     

一种快速鉴别柑橘潜叶蛾蛹及成虫雌雄的简易方法

【目的】柑橘潜叶蛾Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton是柑橘重要害虫,本研究拟建立一种快速鉴别柑橘潜叶蛾蛹及成虫性别的简易方法。【方法】利用体视显微镜观察、拍照记录柑橘潜叶蛾蛹和成虫的腹部末端形态特征并进行比较分析,待蛹羽化后进行解剖验证结果。【结果】与柑橘潜叶蛾雄蛹相比,雌蛹的第7腹节下缘分界线不明显,生殖孔和肛门分别在第8腹节和第10腹节,而雄蛹的第7腹节下缘分界线明显,生殖孔在第9腹节,肛门在第10腹节。柑橘潜叶蛾雌成虫腹部末端呈圆筒形,而雄成虫腹部末端相对尖细;轻轻按压成虫腹部,雌蛾在末端伸出部分的两侧有黑斑,而雄蛾在末端伸出部分的两侧没有黑斑,但有一对长毛簇,在伸出的同时散开。该方法能快速鉴别柑橘潜叶蛾蛹及成虫的性别,其准确率为100%。【结论】通过比较柑橘潜叶蛾雌雄蛹生殖孔及肛门的位置,可以准确区分雌雄蛹;轻压并观察雌雄成虫腹部伸出末端黑斑或长毛簇的有无可有效区分成虫性别。     

一种快速鉴别甜菜夜蛾蛹及成虫雌雄的简易方法

描述了一种快速准确区分甜菜夜蛾蛹及成虫雌雄的方法。甜菜夜蛾雌、雄蛹的主要区别是:雌蛹第8腹节腹面有一较短的纵裂缝,裂缝两侧平坦无突起;雄蛹第9腹节腹面有一长的纵裂缝,裂缝两侧有半圆形瘤状突起。成虫期雌、雄蛾主要区别是:雄蛾体色较浅,腹部狭长且末端有一圈黄色长毛簇;雌蛾体色较深,腹部末端浑圆,毛簇较短,生殖孔清晰可见。以此标准所建立的甜菜夜蛾雌雄蛹及成虫的快速鉴定方法,对于田间性比、预测和种群动态以及人工饲养等具有重要作用。     

异斑酷大蚕蛾幼虫、蛹和成虫的性别鉴定

本文描述了一种准确、快速鉴定异斑酷大蚕蛾末龄幼虫、蛹和成虫性别的方法。通过对蛹和成虫性别特征比较可知,雌虫生殖孔位于第8和第9腹节,且第8腹节不愈合,雄虫生殖孔仅位于第9腹节上,且生殖孔两侧有瘤状突起。雌性末龄幼虫头壳的蜕裂线附近浅色区域较多,雄性浅色区域较少,且雌性后唇基区域的颜色较雄性更浅。雌雄成虫差异较大,雄虫触角羽状,前翅一般无透明斑或透明斑很小;雌虫为近丝状的羽状触角,前翅有3个较大且连续排列的透明斑。经过对30对雌雄蛹的测量后,发现在蛹长、蛹宽与蛹重等体型数据上,雌雄蛹之间都存在显著性差异（P＜0.05）。     

蓝灰蝶

正蓝灰蝶(Everes argiades)是鳞翅目灰蝶科昆虫,成虫翅展约30 mm,雌、雄异形,雄蝶翅正面蓝紫色,雌蝶黑褐色;翅反面雌、雄几乎没有差别,均为灰白色,并杂有黑斑,后翅外缘有橙色斑块,尾突不大。卵扁圆形,青绿色到灰白色,有网状雕纹。幼虫蛞蝓型,淡绿色;蛹长椭圆形,淡绿色到淡褐色,背面多长毛,上有2列黑斑,第1腹节上的黑斑最大。照片拍摄于2017年6月3日下午,泰山南麓山脚下。当时这只蓝灰蝶正在胡枝子上产卵,微风吹来,将其     

一种鉴别斜纹夜蛾蛹及成虫雌雄的简易方法

叙述了一种通过外部特征,快速判断斜纹夜蛾Spodoptera litura(Fabricius)蛹、成虫性别的方法。蛹期的主要判断标准为雌雄生殖器官的差异分布:雄蛹第7腹节与第8腹节分界处平滑,外生殖器分布于第9腹节腹面中央,为连接两半圆状瘤状突起;雌蛹第7腹节与第8腹节分界线处不平滑,外生殖器为紧挨第8腹节。综上所述,可以以第7、8腹节分界处是否平滑以及是否有突起作为判断雌雄的标准。成虫期雌雄鉴别则表现在外观和结构上的差异:雄蛾翅面斑纹的外缘线与外横线之间有一明显的灰蓝色条纹,雌蛾则没有,雄蛾腹部狭长且末端有一圈黄色长毛簇,雌蛾腹部较为浑圆,末端毛簇较短。以此标准所建立的斜纹夜蛾雌雄的快速鉴别方法,对于识别田间性比、预测种群动态,斜纹夜蛾人工养殖具有重要作用。     

黄翅绢野螟蛹和成虫雌雄形态的快速鉴定

报道一种通过外部形态特征迅速、准确判断黄翅绢野螟蛹和成虫雌雄的方法。观察对比131头黄翅绢野螟蛹和120头成虫腹部形态特征发现:雌蛹第8腹节中央有一条由生殖孔和产卵孔连接组成的纵裂缝,生殖孔与第7腹节后缘相连,裂缝两侧无明显突起,与肛门裂缝之间的距离显著大于雄蛹,腹部末端着生8根毛钩,分节明显,呈"八"字形凹陷;雄蛹生殖孔位于第9腹节,裂缝两侧各有一半圆形瘤状突起,腹部末端也着生8根毛钩,但分节不明显。雌成虫腹部浑圆,末端具黄色毛簇;雄成虫腹部狭长,末端具黑色毛簇。以此标准建立的黄翅绢野螟雌雄快速鉴别方法,对于识别田间性比、预测种群动态、人工饲养及生物学特性研究等具有重要作用。     

一种鉴别蒲氏钩蝠蛾蛹及成虫雌雄的简易方法

为了探寻准确迅速鉴别蒲氏钩蝠蛾性别的方法,采用标记法对其蛹和成虫进行跟踪观察研究。结果表明:雌蛹腹部末端分节不明显,第8腹节腹面中央有一黑色纵裂,与肛裂缝之间的距离显著大于雄蛹,两侧平坦,无突起;雄蛹腹部末端分节较明显,第8腹节无裂缝,第9腹节中央有一黑色纵裂,裂缝较长,两侧各有一半圆形瘤状突起。雌性成虫腹部末端呈圆筒状,雄性成虫腹部末端圆钳状,透过毛丛可见雄性外生殖器的部分结构。这对于了解蒲氏钩蝠蛾的野外性比,观察其生物学特征、种群动态及开展预测预报等十分重要。     

鉴别旋幽夜蛾雌雄蛹的方法

报道1种根据旋幽夜蛾Scotogramma trifolii Rottemberg蛹腹节的外部形态特征迅速、准确区分旋幽夜蛾蛹雌雄的方法。雌蛹第8腹节腹面中央有一纵裂缝,裂缝连接第7、第9腹节,裂缝两侧平坦,无突起,腹部末端分节不明显;雄蛹第8腹节无裂缝,在第9腹节腹面中央有一纵裂缝,裂缝两边各有一半圆状瘤状突起,腹部末端分节较为明显。这对于了解旋幽夜蛾田间性比,观察生物学特征、种群动态及开展预测预报等十分重要。     

一种鉴别菜粉蝶蛹雌雄的方法

报道1种根据外部形态特征迅速、准确区分菜粉蝶PierisrapaeL.蛹雌雄的方法。实体显微镜检表明,雌蛹第8腹节有1生殖孔,第9腹节有1产卵孔,两孔之间连成1条长纵裂缝;而雄蛹只在第9腹节有1个生殖孔,形成的纵裂缝短。     

The development of the Drosophila genital disc

The imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster, which form the adult epidermal structures, are a good experimental model for studying morphogenesis. The genital disc forms the terminalia, which are the most sexually dimorphic structures of the fly. Both sexes of Drosophila have a single genital disc formed by three primordia. The female genital primordium is derived from 8(th) abdominal segment and is located anteriorly, the anal primordium (10 and 11(th) abdominal segments) is located posteriorly, and the male genital primordium from the 9(th) abdominal segment lies between them. In both sexes, only two of these three primordia develop to form the adult terminalia. The anal primordium develops in both sexes but, depending on the genetic sex, will form either male or female analia. However, only one of the genital primordia develops in each sex, forming either the male or the female genitalia. This depends on the genetic sex of the fly. Therefore, the genital disc is a very good experimental model of how the sex-determination and homeotic genes - which determine cell identity - interact to direct the development of a population of cells into male or female terminalia. It has been proposed that the sexually dimorphic development of the genital disc is the result of an integrated genetic input, made up by the sex-determination gene doublesex and the homeotic gene Abdominal-B. This input acts by modulating the response to Hedgehog, Wingless, and Decapentaplegic morphogenetic signals.     

三种蚤生殖系统的细微结构:雌性外生殖器的发育

本文研究了缓慢细蚤 Leptopsylla segnis(Schōnherr),不等单蚤 Monopsyllus anisus(Rothschild)和猫栉首蚤指名亚种Ctenocephalides felis felis(Bouché)雌性外生殖器的结构,观察了从幼虫、前蛹、蛹至成虫各发育时期的雌性外生殖器的内部结构变化.对一直悬而未决的雌蚤中输卵管等的起源问题,进行了详细的观察和探讨.认为从晚期3龄幼虫开始出现的雌性外生殖器芽,在前蛹期成为四个部分:1.第7腹板后缘腹壁内陷形成的一对外胚层囊;2.紧接外胚层囊后并延伸至第8腹板的外胚层增厚;3.在第8腹板后部,外胚层增厚两侧的产卵器芽;4.第8腹板后缘腹壁内陷形成的受精囊芽.并认为,这三种蚤的中输卵管由一对外胚层囊和其后的外胚层增厚前端的一小部分内陷形成,阴道由外胚层增厚的大部分和第8、9腹板腹壁内陷形成,受精囊由受精囊芽内陷形成.     

Genital variation in a dimorphic moth Selenia tetralunaria (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Insect genitals vary greatly among species and provide a key tool for species-level taxonomy. Insects differing in the genitalia are often treated as discrete, reproductively isolated species. This principle dates back to the lock-and-key hypothesis, which states that genitalia vary between species in order to provide a mechanical reproductive isolation system. Thus, the hypothesis assumes low within-species variability in genital traits. However, recent studies suggest that sexual selection may be responsible for the evolution of insect genitalia. We studied allometry and genital size and shape variation in a dimorphic moth Selenia tetralunaria . We found that the genitalia showed negative allometry in relation to body size as reported in many insect and spider species. This allometry was stronger in internal genital structures than it was in external genitalia. We also found that there was more variation in internal compared with external genitalia. Finally, we found that the shape of genital structures differed between morphs in all three examined areas. S. tetralunaria is among the first reported cases of genitally dimorphic insect species. Considerable variation in internal genitalia and especially the presence of genital shape differences between morphs were not consistent with the predictions of the lock-and-key hypothesis.  © 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2006, 87 , 297–307.     

长蝎蛉幼期形态附生物学记述

【目的】蝎蛉科(Panorpidae)是长翅目(Mecoptera)最大的科,是重要的生态指示昆虫。然而,由于对环境条件要求苛刻,饲养困难,其幼期研究很不充分。【方法】本研究通过人工饲养成虫获得了长蝎蛉Panorpa macrostyla Hua的卵、幼虫和蛹等全部虫态,运用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微技术观察了其超微形态,并简要记载了其生物学特性。【结果】长蝎蛉每年发生1代,成虫发生于6月末至8月初。卵椭球形,卵壳表面覆盖一层隆起的网状结构。幼虫蠋型,具3对分4节的胸足和8对不分节的腹足;头壳高度骨化,具1对由26个小眼组成的复眼和1对3节的触角,口器咀嚼式;腹部第1-9节背面具有成对的背毛突,第10节仅有1根背毛突,腹部末端具有一个可伸缩的吸盘;呼吸系统为周气门式,具1对前胸气门和8对腹气门。幼虫共4个龄期,以预蛹期在土室内越冬。蛹为强颚离蛹,外形接近成虫,雄蛹腹部末端膨大。【结论】基于幼虫形态特征,长蝎蛉明显区别于新蝎蛉属Neopanorpa、华蝎蛉属Sinopanorpa、双角蝎蛉属Dicerapanorpa以及单角蝎蛉属Cerapanorpa幼虫。然而,长蝎蛉幼虫头部刚毛L2和SO2,腹部末节刚毛D2,SD1和SD2端部均膨大呈棒状,与蝎蛉属Panorpa其他种类区别明显,表明长蝎蛉的属级地位需要进一步研究。     

Development of the genitalia in Drosophila melanogaster

The imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster are an excellent material with which to analyze how signaling pathways and Hox genes control growth and pattern formation. The study of one of these discs, the genital disc, offers, in addition, the possibility of integrating the sex determination pathway into this analysis. This disc, whose growth and shape are sexually dimorphic, gives rise to the genitalia and analia, the more posterior structures of the fruit fly. Male genitalia, which develop from the ninth abdominal segment, and female genitalia, which develop mostly from the eighth one, display a characteristic array of structures. We will review here some recent findings about the development of these organs. As in other discs, different signaling pathways establish the positional information in the genital primordia. The Hox and sex determination genes modify these signaling routes at different levels to specify the particular growth and differentiation of male and female genitalia.     

Sexy Faces in a Male Paper Wasp

Sexually selected signals are common in many animals, though little reported in social insects. We investigated the occurrence of male visual signals mediating the dominance relationships among males and female choice of sexual partner in the paper wasp Polistes simillimus. Males have three conspicuous, variable and sexually dimorphic traits: black pigmentation on the head, a pair of yellow abdominal spots and body size differences. By conducting behavioral assays, we found that none of the three visual traits are associated with male-male dominance relationship. However, males with higher proportion of black facial pigmentation and bigger yellow abdominal spots are more likely chosen as sexual partners. Also, after experimentally manipulating the proportion of black pigment on males'' face, we found that females may evaluate male facial coloration during the choice of a sexual partner. Thus, the black pigmentation on P. simillimus male''s head appears to play a role as a sexually selected visual signal. We suggest that sexual selection is a common force in Polistes and we highlight the importance of this group as a model for the study of visual communication in insects.     

Skeletomuscular development of genital segments in the dragonfly Anax imperator (Odonata, Aeshnidae) during metamorphosis and its implications for the evolutionary morphology of the insect ovipositor

The skeleton-muscular organisation of abdominal segments 7-9 in female Anax imperator L. (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae) was examined in the stages of ultimate larva, teneral imago, and mature imago, with special emphasis on the transformation of the muscle arrangement. The absence of certain muscles in the genital segments compared to the 7th pre-genital segment was noted on all studied stages. Reductions of certain muscles in adults compared to those in larvae are reported. Some of ovipositor's muscles appear already in larvae. Attachment sites of larval muscles are retained in freshly emerged females concurrently with integument transformations. This situation allows for precise determination of the borders of newly differentiated genital sclerites and, therefore, of the possible origin of certain ovipositor elements in odonates. All changes in the segmental sets of studied abdominal muscles during metamorphosis are tabulated, and displacements of muscles are documented and illustrated. Schematic figures illustrating homologies between the parts of larval and imaginal abdominal sclerites are provided. The origins of the components of the endophytic ovipositor in Odonata as well as their implications for the evolutionary morphology of the insect ovipositor are discussed.     

Homology of the genital sclerites of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) and their phylogenetic relevance

The genitalia of Megaloptera are crucial for taxonomic identification and represent a significant component of characters for phylogenetic interpretation of this order. However, several complex genital structures, especially those related to segments 9 and 11 in Megaloptera, have yet to be subjected to a comprehensive survey of homology. The terminology for genital sclerites has been variously and even incorrectly used by different authors, a fact which could lead to much confusion about character evolution. In this paper, we first present a comprehensive morphological comparison of the sclerites of male and female genital segments in 23 megalopteran genera representing all major lineages of Corydalinae, Chauliodinae and Sialidae. Accordingly, we then provide new interpretations on the homology of the genital sclerites which often appear to be considerably different among Megaloptera. Based on our new and revised homology assessments, we conclude that: (i) the small to medium‐sized sclerite beneath the ectoprocts in males of Sialidae represents the fused gonocoxites 11; (ii) the male gonocoxites 11 in Corydalidae are largely reduced and are sometimes retained as a small sclerite beneath the anus; (iii) the predominant sternite‐like sclerite of the female abdominal segment 8 represents the fused gonocoxites 8; and (iv) a pair of sclerites amalgamated with the lateral arms of male gonocoxites 10 in Chauliodinae is the gonocoxites 9. Furthermore, based on our genital homology assessments, we reconstruct an intergeneric phylogeny including all genera of Megaloptera using genital characters in a parsimonious analysis to test their phylogenetic relevance. The phylogeny herein recovered is largely congruent with the results from several previous studies, thus underlying the significant phylogenetic relevance of the megalopteran genital sclerites. The present work provides new insights into the evolution of insect genitalia.     

Taxonomic review of Spiladarcha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Urodoidea: Urodidae) with a new species from Venezuela

Spiladarcha adamskii sp. nov. is described from Venezuela and is compared to S. derelicta, the type species of the genus. Spiladarcha is characterized by the features of male genitalia, which have not been known previously for the genus. Spiladarcha are distinguished from its sister genus Wockia in having raised scales of small black spots along the upper surface of the forewing veins, a pair of setal zones on the apical part of the tegumen in the male genitalia, and a linguiform antrum and a zone of longitudinal pleats on the ductus bursae in the female genitalia.