中国跳甲属一新种记述(鞘翅目,叶甲科,跳甲亚科)

跳甲属Altica Geoffroy为一世界广布属,全世界记载300余种.本文研究了中国的种类,包括分布于新疆的1新种,中国共记载了28种.文中提供了新种的形态描述、整体图、形态特征图及雌雄外生殖器图,同时给出了中国分布种类的名录、分布和寄主植物记录.新种模式标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所.     

跳甲亚科昆虫中国一新纪录属及一新种(鞘翅目,叶甲科,跳甲亚科)

记述了中国1新纪录属喜山跳甲属Microcrepis Chen及1新种M.laevigata Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,模式产地为云南泸水。该属此前已记录9种,均分布于喜马拉雅山脉高海拔地区,是一个典型的高山型属,我国一直无分布报道。本文给出了该属世界已知10种的名录、分布、检索表及新种记述。新种模式标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所。     

凹唇跳甲属的中国种类(叶甲科,跳甲亚科)

记述凹唇跳甲属Argopus Fischer von Waldheim的中国种类,共计16种,其中含2新种:似双齿凹唇跳甲A.similibidentata Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,产自浙江天目山及陕西宁陕火地塘;粗背凹唇跳甲A.foveolata Wang et Ge,sp.nov.产自黑龙江带岭、虎林;另黑胸凹唇跳甲A.miyakei Kimoto,1991,仅记录中国台湾,本文记载了来自福建、广西、贵州的6头标本(3♂♂,3♀♀),扩大了该种的分布范围.新种模式标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆.     

球须跳甲属的中国种类(鞘翅目,叶甲科,跳甲亚科)

记述球须跳甲属Acrocrypta Baly,1862的中国种类共计5种,其中包括1新种,即紫铜球须跳甲Acrocrypta Violaceicuprea Wang,sp.nov.;给出了球须跳甲属中国已知种的名录、地理分布以及检索表.模式标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所.     

寡毛跳甲属中国种类(叶甲科,跳甲亚科)记述

记述了寡毛跳甲属Luperomorpha Weise的中国种类,共计27种,其中有6新种,新种为陈氏寡毛跳甲Luperomorpha cheni Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,光胸寡毛跳甲Luperomorpha glabricollis Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,广西寡毛跳甲Luperomorpha guangxiana Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,海南寡毛跳甲Luperomorpha hainana Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,膨梗寡毛跳甲Luperomorpha pedicelis Wang et Ge,sp.nov.,古铜寡毛跳甲Luperomorpha similimetallica Wang et Ge,sp.nov.。模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所昆虫标本馆。     

潜跳甲属二新种（鞘翅目：叶甲科）

潜跳甲属Podagricomela Heikertinger是芸香科植物害虫,成虫食叶,幼虫潜食叶片、叶柄、花、及花柄等,我国已知7种(陈世骧、谢蕴贞,1966)。其中桔潜跳甲P.nigricollis Chen和枸桔潜跳甲P.weisei Heikertinger在我国江南柑桔产区,花椒潜跳甲P.shirahatai(Chujo)在山西及河南花椒栽培区,均造成严重危害。本文记述2新种,均为害花椒;产于陕西西部、甘肃南部和四川北部,在甘肃陇南地区这两种混合发生,为害很严重。新种模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所。     

中国凸顶跳甲属一新种记述及一雄虫的首次描记(鞘翅目,叶甲科,跳甲亚科)

对采自西藏林芝的1新种Euphitrea excavata Wang etYang,sp.nov.进行了描述,并对采自云南泸水片马红缘凸顶跳甲Euphitrea rufomarginata Wang的雄虫进行了首次描记,新种模式标本和重新描述的标本均保存于中国科学院动物研究所昆虫标本馆.     

九行跳甲属及一新种(叶甲科,跳甲亚科)

记述叶甲科跳甲亚科九行跳甲属Lpromela Chen及1新种.新种产自中国海南省吊罗山.该属系Chen于1933年建立,模式种为L.costata Chen,产自日本.该属此前已知4种,L.okinawana Chujo及L.mi砌nutissima(Pic)等2种分布于日本,L.formosana Ohno记录于中国台湾,L.bupipennis Chen et Wang 记录于中国广西,连同本文一新种L.decemaculata Wang et Ge,sp.nov.本属迄今已知5种.其分布区限于亚洲东南部,其生物学尚属未知.     

中国弗叶甲属四新种记述(鞘翅目:叶甲科:叶甲亚科)

记述弗叶甲属Phratora4新种,即陈氏弗叶甲Phratora cheni sp.nov.,紫翅弗叶甲P.purpurea.sp.nov.,双钩弗叶甲P.biuncinata sp.nov.,皱弗叶甲P.caperata sp.nov.,模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所。     

跳甲属昆虫的食性及其生物学意义

跳甲属昆虫广布全世界,已知300多种,体色近似,外形差异不大,分类鉴定十分困难。但其中许多种类具特殊的食性特征,其寄主植物常是分类鉴定的向导和重要参考。作者分析了已知有寄主记录的59种跳甲的寄主,并根据其寄主范围划分为5种类型:取食多科、2科、1科多属、1科2属及1科1属,而以1科1属型为最多,占67.8%。至目前所知,其寄主范围限于双子叶植物,跳甲和寄主植物之间的对应关系是跳甲的“种”对植物的“属”。值得特别关注的是寄主植物的“种”与跳甲“亚种”之间的分化关系。成虫的取食范围大于幼虫,幼虫保持原始的取食特征。跳甲的同域物种分化可能通过食性转化而进行,食性转化可能先从成虫开始。成幼食性观察是研究寄主转移的关键。     

Visual cues override olfactory cues in the host-finding process of the monophagous leaf beetle Altica engstroemi

It is generally assumed that specialist insect herbivores utilize plant odours to find their particular host plants and that visual cues are of minor importance in the host‐finding process. We performed Y‐tube olfactometer bioassays and small‐scale field experiments to determine whether, under laboratory and field conditions, the monophagous herbivore Altica engstroemi J. Sahlberg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) is guided to its host plant Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. (Rosaceae) by visual or olfactory cues. The olfactometer tests showed that A. engstroemi was never attracted to odours, either from undamaged or from damaged plants. Even starvation for 24 h did not change this behaviour. However, the field experiment showed that visual cues alone were sufficient to attract a significant number of starved beetles when offered a choice between bagged host plants and bagged green plastic control ‘plants’. Our findings contrast with the general view that plant odours constitute the major cue in the host‐finding process among specialized phytophagous insects. A review of the literature for the period 1986–2006 inclusive, relating to host‐plant finding in Chrysomelidae, identified studies of 19 chrysomelid species, all of which were guided by olfactory cues. No species were guided to their host by visual cues. Although some studies demonstrated that chrysomelids may exhibit orientation responses to colour or contrast, our study on A. engstroemi is the only one demonstrating that visual cues affect host‐plant selection in a chrysomelid species. We suggest that the use of visual cues in host‐finding may evolve among chrysomelids with limited dispersal ability in persistent habitats and may be found among species monophagous on abundant host plants that dominate the structure of the plant community, that is, where the host plant's presence is predictable in time and space.     

中国潜跳甲属分类研究(鞘翅目:叶甲科:跳甲亚科)

本文系统研究了潜跳甲属Podagricomela Heikertinger的中国种类,共10种,包括1新记录种：黑足潜跳甲P.nigripes Medvedev。文中提供了分种检索表、简要描述和雌雄外生殖器特征图。在此基础上对本属在中国的地理分布格局进行了初步探讨。潜跳甲属Podagricomela Heikertinger的分布中心在中国,表现出由南向北分布的特点,主要分布于华南区、西南区、华中区和华北区,多以芸香科植物为寄主。     

Attraction of the potential biocontrol agent Altica cyanea by volatile compounds of three species of Ludwigia weeds from rice fields

Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara, Ludwigia parviflora Roxb., and Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven (Onagraceae) are abundant weeds in rice fields in India. These weeds compete with rice for resources in fields and this results in reduction of grain yield. Altica cyanea (Weber) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a biocontrol agent of the three rice-field weeds. Hence, it is relevant to study host preference of A. cyanea using volatile cues of these three weeds. Therefore, we attempted to identify volatiles from leaves of the three Ludwigia species attracting A. cyanea, which could be used as an attractant during early emergence of the weeds in rice fields. In Y-tube olfactometer assays, A. cyanea females were more attracted to natural volatiles of plants after 48 h of feeding by adults than to volatiles of undamaged plants. The volatile organic compounds from undamaged plants, and plants after 6 and 48 h of feeding by A. cyanea were identified and quantified by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and GC-flame ionization detection (FID), respectively. In total, 25, 29, and 29 volatile compounds were detected in headspaces of undamaged L. adscendens, L. parviflora, and L. octovalvis, respectively, whereas 32, 35, and 34 compounds, respectively, were detected after 48 h of feeding by A. cyanea. Methyl jasmonate predominated among the volatile compounds in all treatments, but this compound was not attractive to A. cyanea. Females were attracted by synthetic blends of 3-hexanol, α-pinene, linalool oxide, and phytol in amounts mimicking those in each of the three Ludwigia species after 48 h of feeding by A. cyanea. The blends mimicking L. adscendens and L. parviflora included geraniol, whereas the blend mimicking L. parviflora also included 1-tridecanol. These synthetic blends may be helpful to monitor A. cyanea in biocontrol programmes.     

Diversity of Alticinae in Oaxaca,Mexico: A preliminary study (Coleoptera,Chrysomelidae)

This is a preliminary study of the diversity of the Flea Beetles (Alticinae) of the Mexican state of Oaxaca based on fieldwork by the author in 1991, 1997, and 2010, the literature, and specimens in several institutional collections. The number of genera and species for Mexico as well as for Oaxaca increased significantly from previous studies. There are now 625 species in 90 genera recorded from Mexico with 275 species in 68 genera recorded from Oaxaca. There are 113 species known only from the state of Oaxaca and another 38 species known only from Oaxaca and the surrounding states. Oaxaca has a relatively high diversity as well as a high percentage of endemism. This study also demonstrates the effects of how even a small amount of fieldwork together with extracting specimen data from institutional collections can significantly increase the total faunistic and diversity knowledge of an area. A complete list of the genera and species known from Oaxaca is included.     

Host finding and recognition by Altica carduorum, a defoliator of Cirsium arvense

Altica carduorum Guer. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations aggregate on vigorously growing stands of its host, the thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae). The beetle needs contact to recognize a Cirsium species and biting to distinguish its host C. arvense. Feeding or mechanical damage on C. arvense, but not other Cirsium species, aggregates the beetles. Also feces from feeding on C. arvense, but not other Cirsium species, aggregates the opposite sex. Adults also aggregate on larval feces. We suggest that initial host location in the spring depends on random encounter by beetles overwintering in a stand of C. arvense. The beetles commonly make short flights after feeding and either land on another C. arvense plant, which establishes a secondary aggregation centre, or return to the original one. In this manner beetles released on a stand of C. arvense in China spread a radius of 600 m in a year, but those released 35 m away from their host failed to find it. Altica carduorum will develop on any Cirsium species to which it is confined, but is monophagous in the field because host finding is dependent on aggregation to wound and feces substances that are specific to C. arvense.     

The potential impact of the trimorphic flea-beetle, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Alagoasa extrema</Emphasis>, on a selected weedy variety of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lantana camara</Emphasis>

The potential impact of the larval feeding by Alagoasa extrema Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) on potted plants of its host Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), a weed of major importance in South Africa, was examined. Under quarantine laboratory conditions, 2-month old plants of L. camara variety 029 White Pink were exposed to different larval feeding densities for a period of 18 days (completion of the larval stage). The above-ground dry mass of plants was significantly reduced following attack by larvae at densities of 5 larvae per plant (20% reduction) and 10 larvae per plant (28% reduction), when compared to unattacked plants. Attack by larvae over this short period had no significant impact on root growth. This demonstrates that A. extrema, once established in climatically favourable areas, could well augment other established agents in defoliating L. camara stands, reducing the accumulation of reserves and the competitiveness of the weed.     

Preference and Performance of the Polymorphic Flea-beetle, Alagoasa extrema, on Selected, Weedy Lantana camara Varieties

The possible preference that the leaf-feeding flea-beetle, Alagoasa extrema Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), might have for different South African naturalized varieties of its host plant, Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), was studied under quarantine laboratory conditions. Studies included adult choice trials, larval no-choice trials and multi-generation no-choice trials using five L. camara varieties. Results indicated that A. extrema exhibited a degree of varietal preference under laboratory conditions. Variety 029 White Pink proved to be the most suitable host, although the other four tested varieties were able to support viable populations of A. extrema for three consecutive generations. Should A. extrema be released as biocontrol agent for L. camara in South Africa, all five of the tested varieties should be able to support viable populations of A. extrema in the field.