云南天牛科三新种记述：鞘翅目：天牛科

记述了采自云南的沟胫天牛亚科３新种：齿尾毡天牛Ｔｈｙｌａｃｕｓｄｅｎｔｉｐｅｎｎｉｓ、黑斑灰天牛Ｂｌｅｐｅｐｈａｅｕｓｎｉｇｒｏｓｔｉｇｍａ和云南刺锦天牛Ｓｔｅｒｎｏｈａｍｍｕｓｙｕｎｎａｎａ。其中,刺锦天牛属ＳｔｅｒｎｏｈａｍｍｕｓＢｒｅｕｎｉｎｇ为我国首次记载。新种模式标本保存于西南农业大学昆虫标本馆。     

金绒花天牛与金丝花天牛的鉴定及分布(鞘翅目,天牛科,花天牛亚科,花天牛族)(英文)

金丝花天牛Leptura aurosericans Fairmaire,1895广泛分布在中国南方与东南亚地区,而金绒花天牛Leptura auratopilosa(Matsushita,1931)仅分布于台湾岛。最近10年,国内在金绒花天牛与金丝花天牛的鉴定及分布记录方面出现了一些不一致的报道。为了澄清这些问题,在核对模式标本及检视系列标本(包括许多正在自然交配的成对标本)的基础上,重新描述了这两个种的形态特征,给出了这两个种的鉴别特征并提供了彩色照片,认为金绒花天牛是台湾特有种,目前在大陆尚未发现。     

湖南星天牛属一新种(鞘翅目:天牛科, 沟胫天牛亚科)

蒋氏星天牛Anoplopphora(s.s.)chiangi Hua et Zhang新种(图1) 雌虫 体漆黑色有光泽,光裸。触角第2节,第3—11节基部及端部具蓝白色毛环。小盾片后缘被少量淡蓝色细绒毛。胫节中部背面及两侧,跗节(除第4节外)背面被淡蓝白色绒毛。头部刻点微小稀疏,眼后部分刻点较粗;额近方形,高略胜于宽,中沟细,伸达后头后缘;头顶深陷;复眼下叶近椭圆形,约为其下颊长的1.5倍。触角基瘤突出;触角1.5倍于长,柄节稍短于第4节,为第3节长的3/4。前胸背板横阔,前、后横沟明显,侧刺突钝,背面中央两侧各具一小突起,中央后方具一较宽大的突起,中央后部两侧散布少数刻     

中国楔天牛族二新种(鞘翅目:天牛科:沟胫天牛亚科)

记述了沟胫天牛亚科楔天牛族2新种,即黑斑双脊天牛Paraglenea nigromaculata sp.nov。和黑缘并脊天牛Glenea nigromarginella sp.nov。,新种模式标本保存在西南农业大学植保系昆虫标本馆。     

光肩星天牛种组研究现状

评述了我国光肩星天牛种组种类的外部形态和外生殖器主要鉴别特征、寄主、地理分布、起源及其演化。光肩星天牛主要分布在山西吕粱山、太行山以东的广大平原地区 ,寄主广泛 ,主要有榆、复叶槭、杨、柳、五角枫等。黄斑星天牛主要分布在秦岭以北 ,山西吕粱山、太行山以西的陕甘宁地区 ,向东已扩展到河南、河北 ;主要危害杨树 ,也为害柳、榆。四川星天牛主要分布于秦岭以南的云、贵、川地区 ,主要危害柳树 ;在这里至今还没有发现光肩星天牛和黄斑星天牛。     

异色跗虎天牛的种内变异探讨及再描述(鞘翅目,天牛科,天牛亚科)

对2011年6月采自云南勐仑的73头异色跗虎天牛Perissus mutabilis Gahan,1894标本进行研究,发现该种73号标本在鞘翅斑纹、前足爪开式、前胸背板颜色及斑点、后足腿节长度存在不同程度的差异,研究认为上述特征不宜用作该种分类鉴定的特征。红胸跗虎天牛Perissus mutabilis vitabilis Pic,1923和黑胸跗虎天牛Perissus mutabilis obscuricolorPic,1937依据部分上述特征建立,且特征出现交叉,分布区域与指名亚种异色跗虎天牛P.mutabilis mutabilis Gahan,1894重叠,建议取消红胸跗虎天牛P.mutabilis vitabilis Pic,1923和黑胸跗虎天牛P.mutabilis obscuricolor Pic,19372个亚种。并对异色跗虎天牛P.mutabilis Gahan,1894进行重描述。     

中国污天牛属二新种记述(鞘翅目:天牛科)

记述了中国污天牛属Ｍｏｒｃｈｏｔｙｐａ ２新种，即斑胸污天牛Ｍ．ｎｉｇｒｉｃｏｌｌｉｓ Ｗａｎｇ ｅｔ Ｊｉａｎｇ，ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．和瘤胸污天牛Ｍ．ｔｕｂｅｒｃｕｌｉｃｏｌｌｉｓ Ｗａｎｇ ｅｔ Ｊｉａｎｇ，ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。模式标本保存在西南农业大学昆虫标本馆。     

海南岛星天牛属一新种：鞘翅目：天牛科

尖峰星天牛Anoplophora(s.s.)jianfenglingensis Hua,新种(图1) 雌 体漆黑色,具光泽。上唇中央两侧,上颚外侧中央,额前缘及两侧缘,眼后颊部中央,触角基瘤内侧,眼后头顶中央,触角柄节下侧,梗节及第3节基部1/4,前胸背板中区两侧及侧刺突下方,小盾片,鞘翅上5组毛斑,前胸腹板中央两侧,中胸前侧片,     

我国坡天牛属五种幼虫记录(鞘翅目:天牛科)

坡天牛属Pterolophia属于沟胫天牛亚科Lamiinae,坡天牛族Pteropliini,幼虫为常见的钻蛀性害虫,为害多种植物。现将斜尾坡天牛Pt.brevegibbosa Pic、南方坡天牛Pt.discalis Gressitt、玉米坡天牛Pt.cervina Gressitt红角坡天牛Pt.rubricornisGrassitt和桑地天牛Pt.annulata Gressitt幼虫形态记录如次。 玉米坡天牛幼虫国内已经记载(李忠诚,1982),本文仍列其主要特征,以资比较。     

中国白条天牛属比较形态学研究(鞘翅目,天牛科,沟胫天牛亚科,白条天牛族)

比较研究了白条天牛属10种的外部形态特征.结果表明:颊、触角、前胸背板斑纹、鞘翅斑纹、鞘翅基部瘤突、中胸后侧片、前足第1跗节等外部形态特征在白条天牛属中具有种间分类学意义.上颚基部、腹部第7节腹板形状、触角长度可用于雌雄鉴别.通过比较云斑白条天牛Batocera lineolata Chevrolat,1852与多斑白条天牛Batocera horsfieldi(Hope,1839)的外部形态与雄性外生殖器特征,结果表明上述两种均为有效种.     

Sound production in Scolytidae: Female sonic stimulus of male pheromone release in two Dendroctonus beetles

The hypothesis that female sonic stimulus may evoke male pheromone release in a behavioural interaction analogous to the known male sonic stimulus of female pheromone release, was confirmed in Dendroctonus pseudotsugae, and also in D. brevicomis. In both species known male-produced substances collected from males stimulated by recorded female stridulation were identified by coupled gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. In a second test with D. pseudotsugae, male pheromone release during recorded female stridulation was evident in the change of male stridulation from the simple attractant chirp to the interrupted chirp, which is known to result from a medium concentration of 3,2-MCH. Also, the D. pseudotsugae male attractant chirp was synthesised with an electronic pulse generator and used to evoke pheromone release. It is concluded that the antiaggregative pheromone of this species is released by each sex at the sonic stimulus of the other sex.     

Orientation of male gypsy moths,Lymantria Dispar (L.), to pheromone sources: The role of olfactory and visual cues

The role of olfaction and vision in the close-ranging flying and walking orientation of male gypsy moths, Lymantria dispar(L.), to females was studied in the forest and in the laboratory. In the forest, feral males found an isolated pheromone source as readily as one supplemented with female visual cues; dead, acetonerinsed females deployed without pheromone received virtually no visitations. In flight tunnel choice experiments using cylinders as surrogate trees and pheromone in different spatial configurations, visual attributes of the female did not influence either the males' choice of landing site or the efficiency with which they located the female. Rather, the presence of pheromone on the cylinder was necessary to elicit orientation as well as landing and walking on the cylinder. When a female visual model was placed in various positions around a pheromone source, walking males oriented primarily to the chemical stimulus. There were, however, indications that males would alter their walking paths in response to female visual cues over short distances (<5 cm), but only if they continued to receive pheromone stimulation. When visual and chemical cues were abruptly uncoupled by altering the trajectory of the pheromone plume, most males responded to the loss of the odor cue rather than to visual cues from the female. Temporal pheromone stimulation patterns affected male walking orientation. When stimulated by pheromone, males oriented toward the source; loss of the odor cue prompted an arearestricted local search characterized by primarily vertical and oblique movements with frequent reversals in direction. Presumably these maneuvers enhance the likelihood of recontacting the plume or serendipitously encountering the female. The apparent lack of visual response to the female is discussed in light of morphological and behavioral evidence suggesting that gypsy moths were formerly nocturnal.     

Production and perception of pheromones by the beetle Tribolium confusum

Adults of Tribolium confusum secrete two pheromones. The first, produced by the male, is attractive to both sexes and the second, produced by the female, is attractive to the male only. Pheromone production and perception was studied in relation to habituation, beetle age, time of day and previous mating. A living source of each pheromone habituates the responding beetles, the male pheromone habituating more strongly; female pheromone habituates only in the absence of the male pheromone. Habituation to one pheromone was always accompanied by an enhanced response to the other.Five days after emergence, production of male pheromone reaches a peak that is maintained. Production of female pheromone peaks after 3 days. Both sexes are responsive to male pheromone immediately upon eclosion, males reaching maximum response at 14 days, females at 8 days. Males are also responsive to female pheromone upon eclosion reaching maximum response at 8 days; female response to female pheromone is imperceptible. Males but not females display a 24 hr rhythm in pheromone production. Mated beetles did not differ significantly from unmated beetles in their ability to perceive pheromones. Alteration in male pheromone production after mating was detected by females but not males; this pheromone may, therefore, act as both a sex and aggregation pheromone.     

Long‐term evaluation of field‐wide oriental beetle (Col., Scarabaeidae) mating disruption in blueberries using female‐mimic pheromone lures

The oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse) (Col., Scarabaeidae), is the most important root‐feeding pest of blueberries and turfgrass in New Jersey, USA. Previous studies showed that mating disruption is a feasible option for oriental beetle management; however, assessing its efficiency can be challenging, and little is known on its long‐term effects. Accordingly, we conducted studies to investigate low‐dose pheromone lures equivalent to oriental beetle females (i.e. female mimics) as easy‐to‐use indicators of mating disruption success, determine the distance at which oriental beetle males respond to female‐mimic lures and assess the long‐term (3‐year) effects of mating disruption on oriental beetle populations in entire blueberry fields. Our studies showed that rubber septa baited with 0.3 μg of the oriental beetle sex pheromone (Z)‐7‐tetradecen‐2‐one attract similar numbers of males as compared with virgin females and can thus be used as a female mimic. The range of attraction of this lure was found to be also similar to virgin females and <30 m. In blueberries, mating disruption provided 87% inhibition of oriental beetle populations (trap shutdown) over a 3‐year period. Oriental beetle male captures in disrupted fields were threefold higher along the field edges than in the field interiors, indicating movement of males from nearby areas into the pheromone‐treated fields. In addition, mating disruption reduced male attraction to female‐mimic lures by 93% in all 3 years and reduced the number of larvae in sentinel potted plants in 1 of 2 years. These results show for the first time that mating disruption provides consistent long‐term field‐wide control of oriental beetle populations and that female‐mimic pheromone lures can be used as a new tool to assess oriental beetle mating disruption success.     

Male Aggression,Female Mimicry and Female Choice in the Rove Beetle,Aleochara curtula (Coleoptera,Staphylinidae)

Causes, consequences and pheromonal regulation of male contest and female choice in the staphylinid beetle, Aleochara curtula (Goeze), have been investigated in the field and in the laboratory. At the feeding and mating site (carcass) the sex ratio is male biased. Polyandry is affected by prolonged copulations, spermatophore plugs and anti-aphrodisiac pheromones transferred from the male, and by female repulse behaviour as well. Aggression of competing males leads to expulsion of inferior males from the carcass. Young, starved and multiply mated males, which need access to the food resource, produce the female sex pheromone. They release homosexual responses, but also avoid intrasexual aggression. On the other hand, females behave aggressively towards individuals bearing the female sex pheromone or repulse their copulatory attempts. Those males of insufficient physiological condition produce a lighter spermatophore and fertilize less eggs. The adaptive significance of female mimicry, male mating tactics, and female choice is discussed.     

Sperm competition generates evolution of increased paternal investment in a sex role‐reversed seed beetle

When males provide females with resources at mating, they can become the limiting sex in reproduction, in extreme cases leading to the reversal of typical courtship roles. The evolution of male provisioning is thought to be driven by male reproductive competition and selection for female fecundity enhancement. We used experimental evolution under male‐ or female‐biased sex ratios and limited or unlimited food regimes to investigate the relative roles of these routes to male provisioning in a sex role‐reversed beetle, Megabruchidius tonkineus, where males provide females with nutritious ejaculates. Males evolving under male‐biased sex ratios transferred larger ejaculates than did males from female‐biased populations, demonstrating a sizeable role for reproductive competition in the evolution of male provisioning. Although larger ejaculates elevated female lifetime offspring production, we found little evidence of selection for larger ejaculates via fecundity enhancement: males evolving under resource‐limited and unlimited conditions did not differ in mean ejaculate size. Resource limitation did, however, affect the evolution of conditional ejaculate allocation. Our results suggest that the resource provisioning that underpins sex role reversal in this system is the result of male–male reproductive competition rather than of direct selection for males to enhance female fecundity.     

Investigation of a sex pheromone for the oriental cockroach,Blatta orientalis

A sex pheromone for adult male oriental cockroaches Blatta orientalis was isolated from the faeces of adult virgin female oriental cockroaches. It elicited a sexual response at 10 pg and 1 ng with B. orientalis and Periplaneta americana adult males, respectively. The site of production appers to be the crop, oesophagus, and proventriculus. Electroantennogram responses of male antennae toward the isolated pheromone were greater than those of the female antennae. The adult male oriental cockroach also responded to the American cockroach sex pheromone. The isolated pheromone with a mol. wt of 232 may be similar to one of the components of the American cockroach sex pheromone.     

The existence of sex pheromone eliciting precopulatory mate guarding behavior in a male predatory mite,Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Scopoli)

The author investigated the mechanism which elicits precopulatory mate guarding toward immature females in the male of manure-inhabiting miteMacrocheles muscaedomesticae (scopoli). The results of this study point to the following conclusions: (1) The existence of a sex attractant produced by the deutonymphal female is highly questionable. (2) Adult males cannot locate females from a long distance, and can recognize females only by direct contact. (3) Behavioral responses of deutonymphal females are not essential in eliciting precopulatory mate guarding in males. (4) The sex pheromone of deutonymphal female is some body-surface compounds which are soluble in ether, and acts as a male arrestant.     

松墨天牛是否存在雌性接触信息素?

将松墨天牛MonochamusalternatusHope的身体不同部位切除之后的交配试验显示,分别剪去头部、鞘翅以及前胸部后仍然可以正常交配,用雄虫的腹部代替雌虫的腹部后,仍然能够引起雄虫的交配趋势动作,但不能完成真正交配,因此推测雌性接触信息素如果存在,主要集中在雌虫身体后半部,尤其是中后胸部位。但是冻死后的雌虫不再引起雄虫的交配行为,而且冻死的雌虫与活雌虫同时放入培养皿中,雄虫喜欢与活雌虫交配,不选择冻死的雌虫,因此推测视觉在其松墨天牛的交配过程中扮演着重要的角色,而接触性信息素有可能并不存在。将雄虫的触角分别从第5~6节和第1节剪去的试验结果显示,雄虫仍然可以很快地找到雌虫,发生交配行为。这有2种可能的解释一是雄虫不仅仅靠触角来感受雌虫的接触信息素,头部下颚须和下唇须上或者足上也有可以感受信息素的感受器;二是雌虫不存在接触信息素,雄虫通过视觉就可以找到对方,完成交配过程。浸泡致死的雌虫不再引起雄虫的交配行为,并且将正己烷和乙醚的浓缩液滴加在浸泡致死的雌虫以及玻璃棒和鹅卵石的生测试验结果显示,都没有引起雄虫的交配行为。这进一步说明,松墨天牛可能并不存在体表接触信息素。性成熟后的松墨天牛雌雄成虫是靠衰弱寄主的强烈的挥发性气味聚集到寄主树干上,在树干这个较为狭小的环境里,有可能是通过视觉找到配偶,完成交配过程。