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。     

黑斑双叉叶蝉成虫触角及触角感器的扫描电镜观察

【目的】观察比较黑斑双叉叶蝉Chlorotettix nigromaculatus成虫雌、雄两性的触角及其感器的形态、数量和分布,为黑斑双叉叶蝉的行为生物学、化学生态学和电生理学的研究提供参考。【方法】利用扫描电镜技术,观察黑斑双叉叶蝉成虫的触角外部形态及其感器的类型、数量和分布及超微结构。【结果】黑斑双叉叶蝉雌雄成虫触角感器类型、数量和分布相似。该虫成虫触角呈刚毛状,包括柄节、梗节和鞭节3部分,其中柄节和梗节较粗短,其上布满众多鳞形突起;鞭节细长,由约60～64亚节组成,鞭节第1亚节上也布满鳞形突起。成虫的触角感器分为7种类型,包括蒲氏鬃毛(Bhm bristles, BB)、毛形感器(sensilla trichodea, ST)、锥形感器(sensilla basiconica, SB)、钟形感器(sensilla campaniformia, SCa)、刺形感器(sensilla chaetica, SCh)、腔锥形感器(sensilla coelocomica, SCo)、分叉感器(forficate sensilla, FS)。其中蒲氏鬃毛主要分布在柄节和梗节中下部,毛形感器STⅠ和STⅡ分布在柄节、梗节和鞭节,锥形感器主要分布在鞭节第1和2亚节端部,钟形感器SCaⅠ和SCaⅡ分布在柄节和鞭节第3和5节端部,腔锥形感器SCoⅠ和SCoⅡ分布在鞭节第1-5亚节,刺形感器SChⅠ和SChⅡ分布在梗节中上部和鞭节第4亚节端部,分叉感器分布在梗节基部。触角感器类型和基本结构在雌雄个体间无明显差异。【结论】黑斑双叉叶蝉的触角感器类型、分布和数量在雌雄个体间无差异。各种感器分布具有一定的规律性。首次发现在其柄节和梗节分布有蒲氏鬃毛,梗节上有刺形感器和分叉感器,鞭节第1-5亚节上分布有腔锥形感器。     

访花昆虫红腹毛蚊触角感器扫描电镜观察

【目的】本研究旨在明确访花昆虫红腹毛蚊Bibio rufiventris触角感器的类型和分布。【方法】通过扫描电镜(scanning electron microscope, SEM)观察红腹毛蚊雌、雄成虫触角感器的种类、数量和形态,比较雌雄个体间的差异。【结果】红腹毛蚊雌、雄成虫触角均包含3部分,分别为柄节、梗节和鞭节,其中鞭节由8个亚节组成。雌成虫触角平均总长度为862.556±78.662μm,雄成虫触角平均总长度为880.361±83.253μm,雌、雄成虫触角各亚节的长度几乎相似,只有鞭节第8亚节长度有显著差异。红腹毛蚊的触角感器共有4大类,即刺形感器、锥形感器、毛形感器和B?hm氏鬃毛。其中,雌性红腹毛蚊触角感器共有6种亚型,即刺形感器、毛形感器2型、锥形感器(1, 2和4型)和B?hm氏鬃毛;雄性红腹毛蚊触角感器共有5种亚型,即刺形感器、毛形感器1型、锥形感器(2和3型)和B?hm氏鬃毛。【结论】红腹毛蚊雌、雄成虫触角感器在种类、数量以及形态特征方面存在一定差异。本研究为进一步探究红腹毛蚊触角感器的生理功能及其行为活动的分子机制提供了形态学基础。     

黄胸蓟马触角感器的形态和分布

摘要: 【目的】本研究旨在明确黄胸蓟马Thrips hawaiiensis各个发育阶段触角感器类型、形态和分布。【方法】运用扫描电镜技术观察黄胸蓟马雌雄成虫、若虫、预蛹、蛹触角的形态结构以及触角上感器类型、形态和分布。【结果】黄胸蓟马成虫触角由柄节、梗节和鞭节3个部分组成,其中长的鞭节分为5个鞭小节(I-V)。雌成虫触角平均长度为263.70±5.78 μm,雄成虫触角平均长度为225.79±8.92 μm。触角长度随着虫龄的增长而显著增加。雌雄成虫触角上共发现Bhm氏鬃毛、钟形感器、刺形感器(I和II)、毛形感器、锥形感器(I, II和III)、腔锥形感器和腔形感器7种触角感器以及微毛和表皮齿2种表皮结构。预蛹触角呈锥形,无明显分节,可以自由活动,平均长138.81±6.29 μm。蛹触角紧贴头胸背部,圆柱形、无明显分节,不能自由活动,平均长213.07±6.30 μm。1龄和2龄若虫触角由柄节、梗节和鞭节组成,其鞭节分为4个鞭小节(I-IV),触角平均长度分别为122.48±1.72和134.58±3.75 μm。1龄若虫触角上分布有Bhm氏鬃毛、钟形感器、刺形感器(I和II)、锥形感器(I和II)、腔锥形感器、腔形感器、毛形感器和特殊结构感器共8种类型感器,表面分布表皮齿和舌状结构2种表皮结构;2龄若虫触角上分布有Bhm氏鬃毛、钟形感器、刺形感器(I和II)、毛形感器、锥形感器(I和II)、腔锥形感器、腔形感器7种类型感器以及表皮齿1种表皮结构。【结论】本研究较全面地对黄胸蓟马各个发育阶段的触角及触角感器形态和分布进行了观察和描述,并对其功能进行了推测。研究结果为进一步研究蓟马类昆虫触角感器的生理功能奠定了理论基础。     

佩妃延腹榕小蜂雌蜂触角感器的扫描电镜观察

佩妃延腹榕小蜂是一种与鸡嗉子传粉榕小蜂同步寄生于接收期榕果的非传粉专性寄生蜂。为探索佩妃延腹榕小蜂寄主定位机制,应用扫描电镜观察了其雌蜂触角感器的类型、分布和超微形态。结果显示:佩妃延腹榕小蜂雌蜂触角呈膝状,长775.50μm±38.39μm,由柄节、梗节和11个鞭小节组成的鞭节构成。触角上共发现5种感器类型,分别为毛形感器、刺形感器(Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型)、多孔板形感器、锥形感器、栓锥型乳突状感器。其中,刺形感器Ⅰ和多孔板形感器是其主要感器,前者集中分布于鞭节的第4~第8鞭小节,后者分布于第4~第11鞭小节。结合触角感器的形态、分布和佩妃延腹榕小蜂的产卵行为,对各触角感器的功能进行了探讨。     

小峰熊蜂工蜂触角感器的扫描电镜观察

利用扫描电镜对小峰熊蜂Bombus hypocrita的触角形态和感器进行了观察。结果表明:小峰熊蜂触角呈膝状,由柄节、梗节和鞭节组成。工蜂的柄节约为触角全长的三分之一,其长度约为(2099.40±112.26)μm,梗节呈方圆形,最短,长度为(212.86±12.51)μm。鞭节全长为(3861.43±137.86)μm,共由10节组成。触角上广布11种类型的感受器,即板形感器、坛形感器、钟形感器、锥形感器、腔锥形感器、毛形感器、刺形感器、芽形感器、端指形感器、缘感器和刚毛,不同感器在触角上的分布部位不同。其中,芽形感器和端指形感器在膜翅目昆虫中属首次发现。     

黄曲条跳甲触角感器的扫描电镜观察

应用扫描电镜对黄曲条跳甲Phyllotreta striolata(Fabricius)成虫的触角结构、感器的类型、数量和分布进行了观察,并对雌、雄成虫触角及感器之间的差异进行了比较。结果表明:黄曲条跳甲成虫的触角为线形,共11节,即柄节、梗节和9个鞭小节。雄虫触角的长度略长于雌虫(雄:1.48±0.03 mm;雌:1.42±0.05 mm),其中,雄虫触角鞭节第3亚节长度明显长于雌虫(雄:0.19±0.02 mm;雌:0.15±0.01 mm,t=3.77,P=0.0054),且明显膨大,其余各节长度和形态在雌雄虫间差异不显著。触角感器共9种,分别为毛板形感器、刺形感器、毛形感器1型和2型、锥形感器1型、2型和3型、槽钉形感器和耳形感器。各种感器中除耳形感器仅分布在雄性触角末节外,其他类型感器的分布在雌、雄性个体间无明显差异。雄成虫触角上各种感器数量总和明显多于雌成虫,其中,毛形感器1型、锥形感器1型和耳形感器的数量雄成虫明显多于雌成虫。比较并讨论了黄曲条跳甲触角上不同类型感器的适生意义,研究结果将有助于理解黄曲条跳甲触角感器的功能和行为机制。     

亚洲玉米螟成虫触角的扫描电镜观察

对亚洲玉米螟成虫触角的外部形态结构在扫描电镜下作了观察.触角由柄节、梗节和62—67个鞭节组成,触角背面被鳞片覆盖,绝大部分触角感器位于触角的腹面和侧面.所有鞭节的表皮上都有连续的网纹结构,但在柄节和梗节的表皮上则无.在雌雄蛾的触角上都可以找到以下七种感器,即栓锥感器、腔锥感器、锥形感器(即B?hm氏鬃毛)、刺形感器、耳形惑器、鳞形感器和毛形感器.毛形感器数目最多,并根据其形状和表面细微结构分为两种类型:A型和B型.除锥形感器外,所有的感器都分布在触角鞭节的网纹区上.对此昆虫的触角两性差异进行了详细的讨论.     

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。     

Scanning electron microscopy studies of antennal sensilla of Monolepta hieroglyphica

利用扫描电镜观察了双斑长跗萤叶甲Monolepta hieroglyphica (Motschulsky)成虫触角及其感器的形态与分布.结果表明:双斑长跗萤叶甲成虫触角为线状,由柄节、梗节和鞭节组成,鞭节有9节,其中,雄虫的触角比雌虫长;感器类型有毛形感器(1型、2型和3型)、刺形感器、锥形感器(1型和2型)、腔锥形感器、B(o)hm氏鬃毛、钟形感器共9种.雌雄成虫触角感器类型无差异,但雄虫触角上的感器分布要比雌虫的稠密.     

Antibiotics in the treatment of wounds in the victims of the earthquake in the Armenian SSR

Purulent wounds in 88 victims of the Armenian earthquake with the syndrome of long-term squeezing were examined microbiologically and the experience with using antimicrobial drugs for their treatment was analyzed. In all the cases microbial associations were detected, coliform and nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli, enterococci, anaerobes and yeast-like fungi being isolated from 80, 20, 15 and 25 per cent of the patients respectively. 130 bacterial strains were studied in detail. 80 to 100 per cent of the bacterial isolates were resistant to the antibiotics routinely used in surgical practice, i.e. benzylpenicillin, tetracycline, levomycetin, kanamycin, cephalothin and cefazolin and highly sensitive to new antimicrobial drugs belonging to ureidopenicillins (mezlocillin), quinolones (ciprofloxacin) and cephalosporins of the 3rd generation (cefoperazone and ceftazidime). Retrospective estimation of the antibiotic therapy revealed its inadequacy in 55.7 per cent of the patients for the most part because of the isolates resistance. The 19 variants of the antibiotic use prescribed by the physicians mainly included penicillins, aminoglycosides and their combinations (in 67.2 per cent of the cases). The use of the highly efficient drugs of the groups of ureidopenicillins and quinolones was extremely rare which was likely due to lacking of information on the drugs.     

Histogenesis of the taste buds of the vallate papilla in the in the rat in the postnatal stages of development

The developing taste buds of vallate papillae were studied with electron microscope in rats during the first 7 days after birth. Two types of cells--light and dark--are identified in the taste buds of a one day old animal. The apical parts of dark cells are characterized by numerous dark granules. A distinguishing feature of light cells is the presence of synaptic contacts with afferent intragemmal nerves. On the 4th day of development on the top of the apical parts of the cell, a microvillar apparatus is seen to form, which does not yet communicate with the oral cavity. On the 7th day, basal cells appear in the taste buds. Some of these cells are seen mitotically dividing. The differentiated microvillar apparatus now communicates with oral cavity. The structure of the taste buds is getting similar to that in the adults. The structural and functional peculiarities of the developing taste buds are discussed in association with the period of ontogenesis under consideration.     

Changes in the size of the nucleoli of the Purkinje cells in the canine cerebellum in the postresuscitation period

The changes in the size of Purkinje cell (PC) nucleolus in the lateral and medial cerebellum zones were studied in dogs with different degree of neurologic status recovery after clinical death of various etiology and duration. PC always possess one nucleolus in the control and experimental groups. In the case of complete neurologic status recovery of animals the area of PC nucleolus increases in both zones studied, irrespective of the cause of clinical death. In the case of neurologic disorders the increase in PC nucleolus area is clearly expressed only in the medial zone of the cerebellum, being insignificant in the lateral zone. It is suggested that adaptive characteristics of PC are distinct in the two compared zones, which leads to greater PC vulnerability in the lateral zone during deep hypoxia.     

Frequency of the stages in the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in the rat

This study determined the optimum number of tubules to be counted per testis cross section, and the number of animals per treatment group, when changes in stage frequencies in the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium are criteria for assessing effects of treatment on spermatogenesis. A data base of 9,672 observed and staged tubules was collected from testicular cross sections of 15 Sprague-Dawley rats. A significant variation between animals was found for the frequencies of Stages I, II, IV, VI, VIII, and XIII. Computer simulation was used to randomly select different combinations of animal and tubule numbers from the observed data. Stage frequency means from each simulation experiment were compared statistically to observed mean frequencies. A model that used data from all 14 stages was analyzed. The following conclusions were made: a) a minimum of 200 tubule cross sections/testis is recommended for estimating stage frequencies; b) for a fixed number of tubules scored, the number of animals sampled is more important than the number of tubules per animal in reducing variance; c) to detect a difference of 2 standard deviations from the mean with a 2% error rate and examining 200 tubules/testis, at least 12 animals must be used per group when assessing all 14 stages; d) when individual stages are examined using 10 animals per group, only Stage VII has 80% or greater power of test (alpha = 0.05) to detect a frequency difference; e) pooling stages into 3-4 groups is recommended to improve the power of detecting a treatment difference.     

Psychological Attributes of the Culture of the Ukrainians in the Modern Stage of the Development of Society and Trends in Changes in These Attributes in the Post-Soviet Period

The authors of the article focus on the transition of the former Soviet state of Ukraine to a market economy. One aspect of the analysis is the cultural values and attitudes of the citizens in a new situation. Market economy and entrepreneurship demand new types of motivation and individual values from people. A challenge for social psychology in the country is the further elaboration of methodological basis of research.     

Immunohistochemistry of the cytoskeleton in the excurrent ducts of the testis in birds of the Galloanserae monophyly

The presence, location and degree of immunoexpression of various microfilament (MF) and intermediate filament (IF) systems (actin, cytokeratins, desmin, vimentin) were studied in the excurrent ducts of the testis in sexually mature and active galliform (Japanese quail, domestic fowl, turkey) and anseriform (duck) birds. These proteins were variably expressed between the epithelia and periductal tissue (periductal smooth muscle cell layer and interductal connective tissue) types and between species. Variable heterogeneous co-expression of filament systems was also found in the various duct epithelia and periductal tissue types: co-expression of filament systems was the rule rather than the exception. In the duck, neither vimentin nor cytokeratin was present in any of the tissues, whereas actin and desmin (absent in the rete testis) were co-expressed in the efferent ducts and epididymal duct unit (comprising the ductus conjugens, ductus epididymidis and ductus deferens). Actin, desmin and vimentin were generally co-expressed in the rete testis, efferent ducts and epididymal duct unit of the quail, domestic fowl and turkey, with vimentin being more strongly immunoreactive than actin and desmin in the epididymal duct unit, but more weakly immunoexpressed in the efferent ducts. Cytokeratin was present and co-expressed with actin, desmin and vimentin in the rete testis, efferent ducts and epididymal duct unit of the domestic fowl and turkey, but not in the quail and duck. The periductal smooth muscle cell layer and interductal tissue co-expressed actin, desmin and vimentin variably in all birds. Luminal spermatozoa of both the turkey and duck were immunonegative for all protein systems, whereas those of the quail and domestic fowl co-expressed actin, desmin and vimentin moderately or strongly. The tissues of the reproductive tract of male birds thus contain cytoskeletal protein systems that are variably but mostly co-expressed and whose contractile ability appears necessary and sufficient for transportation through the various excurrent ducts of the voluminous testicular fluid and its high sperm content, characteristic features of male avian reproduction.     

Self-organization in the determination of the size of the axial structures in the embryogenesis of the clawed toad

Experiments were performed using X. laevis embryos during gastrulation and neurulation (stages 10, 11 1/2, 12 1/2, 13 1/2, 15 and 18). Part of presumptive epidermis and lateral plate mesoderm was removed, and embryos raised until stage 25. The size of axial structures (notochord, somite mesoderm, central nervous system) was determined using serial histological sections and compared with that of control embryos. In experimental embryos, the size of axial structures was decreased. Until a specific stage of development, close correlation was found between the volume of embryonic compartment corresponding to a particular, structure and the volume of presumptive epidermis and lateral plate mesoderm. This stage is individual for each axial organ: middle gastrula (stage 11 1/2) for notochord, late gastrula (stage 12 1/2) for somite mesoderm, and late neurula (stage 18) for central nervous system. This data suggest that differentiation pattern of ecto-mesodermal rudiment is subject to regulation during gastrulation-neurulation, and subdivision of ectoderm and mesoderm into axial and non-axial tissues is a self-organizing process.