北京地区的蜻蜓

蜻蜓是昆虫纲中比较原始的有翅种类,自上个世纪20年代就有关于北京蜻蜓的文献记载．北京地区已知的蜻蜓目昆虫隶属于两个亚目9科50余种。这些种类在北京地区的山地溪流、平原水域栖息。蜻蜓目昆虫在生活史中跨水陆两栖,它们的分布和数量与水质有密切关系．可以为本地区的水质监测提供资料。     

江苏蜻蜓区系及多样性

2005-2010年,在江苏一些比较适合蜻蜓生长的水域附近进行了蜻蜓采集,用静观和网捕法记录采集路线两侧各20m范围内的蜻蜓,鉴定统计后分析其区系成分及多样性.结果表明:江苏地区现有蜻蜓53种,隶属于11科35属;古北-东洋种类较多,有18种,占总数的33.96%;古北界种类相对较少,只有5种,约占总数的9.43%;江苏地区蜻蜓的多样性指数为3.108,均匀度指数为0.782,优势度指数为0.169,优势集中性指数为0.072;南京和连云港地区蜻蜓的物种丰富度、多样性指数和均匀度指数最高,优势集中性指数最低,这可能与这两地生境的多样性相对较高、适宜蜻蜓生存的生境多有关.     

贵州茂兰自然保护区蜻蜓多样性初步研究

2011年7月在贵州茂兰自然保护区的一些比较适合蜻蜓生长的水域附近进行了蜻蜓采集,用静观和网捕法记录采集路线两侧各20m范围内的蜻蜓,鉴定统计后分析其区系成分及多样性.结果表明:1)贵州茂兰地区现有蜻蜓65种,隶属于11科42属;2)东洋界种类较多,有31种,占总数的47.69％;古北界种类相对较少,只有1种,约占总数的1.54％;3)贵州茂兰地区蜻蜓的多样性指数为2.8617,均匀度指数为0.6855,优势度指数为0.1385,优势集中性指数为0.1006;4)5个样点之间的相似性指数均在30％ ～55％之间,且只有捞村与翁昂为53.41％,捞村52.77％大于板王50％,这可能与茂兰地区生境的多样性相对较高,适宜蜻蜓生存的生境多有关.     

“蜉蝣”名称考

“蜉蝣”一词最早见于《诗经》。蜉蝣成虫极短的生活期、暴发式的羽化及大量蜉蝣成虫几乎同时死亡后漂浮于水面可能是“蜉蝣 (浮游 )”的真正含义及由来。     

蜻蜓目昆虫资源价值

从内禀价值、生态价值、经济价值和社会价值四个层次,总结和探讨了蜻蜓目昆虫资源价值。蜻蜓目昆虫是古老而进化成功的昆虫,遗传资源丰富,是生态系统中不可或缺的消费者,也是优良的生态环境指示生物,适用于对水陆环境的评价;作为食用昆虫优质原料、中医动物药原材料、天敌昆虫生防资源和未来科技仿生对象,可为人类创造较好的经济价值;还与人类的精神文化世界息息相关,逐渐形成了独具魅力的昆虫文化现象,具有现实的和潜在的资源价值。     

蜻蜓目昆虫资源价值

从内禀价值、生态价值、经济价值和社会价值四个层次,总结和探讨了蜻蜓目昆虫资源价值.蜻蜓目昆虫是古老而进化成功的昆虫,遗传资源丰富,是生态系统中不可或缺的消费者,也是优良的生态环境指示生物,适用于对水陆环境的评价;作为食用昆虫优质原料、中医动物药原材料、天敌昆虫生防资源和未来科技仿生对象,可为人类创造较好的经济价值;还与...     

分子遗传标记技术在蜻蜓目昆虫研究中的应用

分子生物学技术应用于昆虫系统学研究在近些年发展相当迅速。目前已出现了几十种分子遗传标记。该文简述了酯酶同工酶电泳、核酸序列分析以及AFLP、RAPD、核酸探针等分子生物学技术在蜻蜓目昆虫研究中的应用情况。     

蜻蜓

在我们的童年,或多或少都对一类略显纤细又行动迅猛的飞虫着迷过。这些舞者轻盈美丽的外表下隐藏着凶猛的本性,用水底长期昏暗的生活换来阳光下短暂绚丽的飞行。它们在滑过水面时擦出留给人们无限联想的涟漪，它们在连接交尾时又做出自然天成的心结。这就是蜻蜓，真实世界中的精灵。     

广西大明山蜻蜓调查

2011年8月对广西大明山的蜻蜓物种资源进行了调查。结果表明广西大明山蜻蜓种类隶属2亚目11科46种,差翅亚目Anisoptera4科27种,束翅亚目Zygoptera7科19种。其中广西新纪录种8种(亚种)。     

宁波四明山区的蜻蜓

2009—2010年对宁波四明山地区的蜻蜓资源进行了野外调查,共采集蜻蜓标本460只,隶属9科32属43种。蜻科Libellulidele为优势科(17种,占总数的39.5%),灰蜻属Orthetrum为优势属(5种,占属总数的15.6%)。单种单属有25个,占总属数的78.1%,说明四明山区蜻蜓区系在起源和构成上比较复杂。四明山区蜻蜓区系以东洋区和跨古北区-东洋区种类占优势。调查发现水体污染、湿地过度开发利用已经成为该地区蜻蜓目昆虫及其它水生生物面临的主要威胁。     

一种新的食用蜻蜓种类的分子鉴定

蜻蜓是一类营养丰富且具有药用保健价值的可食用昆虫。目前蜻蜓在国内被食用的种类见诸报道的有红蜻(Crocothemis servilia)、角突箭蜓(Gomphus cuneatus)、舟尾丝蟌(Lestes praemorsa)、闪蓝丽大蜻(Epophthalmia elegans)、碧伟蜓(Anax parthenope julius)、小团扇春蜓(Ictinogomphus rapax)、大团扇春蜓(Sinictinogomphus clavatus)、黄蜻(Pantala flavescens)、赤褐灰蜻(Orthetrum pruinosum)、白尾灰蜻(Orthetrum albistylum)、异色灰蜻(Orthetrum triangulare melania)、大黄赤蜻(Sympetrum uniforme)共12种。笔者在来自云南红河州元阳县大坪乡的待食用蜻蜓稚虫中发现一种体型较小的蜻蜓种类,从形态上初步判断不属于以上12种,通过DNA条形码分子鉴定法对这种蜻蜓进行了种类鉴定,结果该种蜻蜓为黄基赤蜻(Sympetrum speciosum),由此食用蜻蜓报道的种类又增加了一种。     

Phylogenetic analysis of the insect order Odonata using 28S and 16S rDNA sequences: a comparison between data sets with different evolutionary rates

Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted for the insect order Odonata with a focus on testing the effectiveness of a slowly evolving gene to resolve deep branching and also to examine: (i) the monophyly of damselflies (the suborder Zygoptera); and (ii) the phylogenetic position of the relict dragonfly Epiophlebia superstes. Two independent molecular sources were used to reconstruct phylogeny: the 16S rRNA gene on the mitochondrial genome and the 28S rRNA gene on the nuclear genome. A comparison of the sequences showed that the obtained 28S rDNA sequences have evolved at a much slower rate than the 16S rDNA, and that the former is better than the latter for resolving deep branching in the Odonata. Both molecular sources indicated that the Zygoptera are paraphyletic, and when a reasonable weighting for among‐site rate variation was enforced for the 16S rDNA data set, E. superstes was placed between the two remaining major suborders, namely, Zygoptera and Anisoptera (dragonflies). Character reconstruction analysis suggests that multiple hits at the rapidly evolving sites in the 16S rDNA degenerated the phylogenetic signals of the data set.     

浅淡中英文昆虫名称与文化

昆虫是地球上最富多样性的类群 ,对中英两种文化的影响既有共同的方面 ,也存在明显的差异。该文介绍了常见的昆虫名称所产生的诗句、成语、谚语和俗语的内涵及其对各自文化的影响。     

Dragondrop: a novel passive mechanism for aerial righting in the dragonfly

Dragonflies perform dramatic aerial manoeuvres when chasing targets but glide for periods during cruising flights. This makes dragonflies a great system to explore the role of passive stabilizing mechanisms that do not compromise manoeuvrability. We challenged dragonflies by dropping them from selected inverted attitudes and collected 6-degrees-of-freedom aerial recovery kinematics via custom motion capture techniques. From these kinematic data, we performed rigid-body inverse dynamics to reconstruct the forces and torques involved in righting behaviour. We found that inverted dragonflies typically recover themselves with the shortest rotation from the initial body inclination. Additionally, they exhibited a strong tendency to pitch-up with their head leading out of the manoeuvre, despite the lower moment of inertia in the roll axis. Surprisingly, anaesthetized dragonflies could also complete aerial righting reliably. Such passive righting disappeared in recently dead dragonflies but could be partially recovered by waxing their wings to the anaesthetised posture. Our kinematics data, inverse dynamics model and wind-tunnel experiments suggest that the dragonfly''s long abdomen and wing posture generate a rotational tendency and passive attitude recovery mechanism during falling. This work demonstrates an aerodynamically stable body configuration in a flying insect and raises new questions in sensorimotor control for small flying systems.     

Predation by invertebrate predators on the colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis

Abstract. Colonies of the freshwater colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis (Monogononta, Flosculariidae) have been shown to be unpalatable to a variety of small-mouthed, zooplanktivorous fishes. To test whether invertebrate predators ingest the rotifer S. socialis , we conducted two types of experiments: (1) Microcosm experiments—in separate experiments, four invertebrate predators (i.e., dragonfly nymphs, damselfly nymphs, notonectids, and Hydra ) were offered prey either singly or in combination. Prey were comprised of S. socialis; Epiphanes senta , a solitary, free-swimming rotifer; and Daphnia magna , a microcrustacean. In each experiment, the percent of prey surviving after 12, 18, and 24 h was recorded. (2) Paired-feeding experiments—in separate experiments, predators were offered prey in a pairwise fashion, in which members of D. magna were alternated with a rotifer, either S. socialis or E. senta. The results of the microcosm experiments showed that, after 24 h, 60–100% prey items of S. socialis survived the predators, but significantly fewer individuals of E. senta (6–89%) and D. magna (<25%) survived. When offered rotifers and individuals of D. magna simultaneously, predators tested consistently consumed more specimens of Daphnia. However, predators significantly reduced percent survival in E. senta but not in S. socialis. Predators, given a choice between the two rotifer species, all consumed significantly more specimens of E. senta than S. socialis after 24 h. In the paired-feeding experiments, three of the four predators captured members of S. socialis , but these colonies were frequently released rather than ingested, although in some cases colony structure was seriously disrupted. Our results suggest that the unpalatable nature of members of S. socialis to certain fishes extends to several invertebrate predators, but the nature of the putative factor(s) responsible for this remains unknown.     

Partial bivoltinism and emergence patterns in the North African endemic damselfly Calopteryx exul: conservation implications

Calopteryx exul is an endemic endangered damselfly that suffers considerable habitat degradation and local extinctions throughout its geographic range. Although recent studies have investigated its distribution, ecology and larval systematics, the life history of the species is still unknown. In this study, a field survey was conducted to determine larval development, temporal pattern of emergence and teneral spatial distribution of the species in the Seybouse watershed, north‐east Algeria. Larval growth was investigated in two populations: one at about 200 m (low‐elevation population) and the second at 600 m of elevation (high‐elevation population). The species showed partial bivoltine life cycle in both low‐ and high‐elevation population. The temporal pattern of emergence of the first flight season of the year at low‐elevation population was asynchronous with an emergence season lasting 46 days and half of the population emerging in 15 days. The second flight season was shorter with a most likely smaller population size. Sex ratio at emergence was slightly male biased. After ecdysis, tenerals stayed next to the water within a mean distance of 4.76 ± 4.35 m (± SD) with no significant difference between sexes. Conservation measures that should be taken into account in the elaboration of future management plans for the species are discussed.     

Isolation and characterization of nuclear microsatellite loci for the common green darner dragonfly Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae) to constrain patterns of phenotypic and spatial diversity

Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed from an enriched genomic library of the widely distributed migratory North American dragonfly species, the common green darner (Anax junius). For a group of 22 larvae, these loci averaged 16 alleles, with individual loci ranging from nine to 29 alleles. Observed heterozygosity averaged 0.784 per locus.     

Structure and development of sperm bundles in the dragonfly Aeshna juncea L. (Odonata)

A re-examination of the origin and development of sperm bundles in aeshnid dragonflies (Odonata, Anisoptera) was carried out using light and electron microscopy. During their elongation, intracyst spermatids of the testis of the dragonfly Aeshna juncea L. form a slender cytoplasmic protrusion, the acrosomal conicoid, beyond the nucleus and acrosome rodlet. Gathering and parallel alignment of the transforming spermatids into a tight bundle take place inside the cyst. The original, rigid spermatid foreparts eventually associate, initially by becoming adhesive and swelling progressively to intertwine, and thus come to constitute a cap that binds together all sperm heads within a cyst in a spermatodesma. The development of the spermatodesma seems to occur disjunct from somatic cyst cells. Bundled in this form, the sperms are transferred to the intratestis canal and moved down the spermiduct to the seminal vesicle. They are then forwarded to the male copulatory apparatus, from which they are transmitted to the female. Individual, fully formed sperms are seen to be liberated from the bundle when in the female receptaculum seminis. The remnant of the cytoplasmic acrosomal conicoid, which is considered an envelope of the acrosome rodlet, is then dissolved. The spermatodesmata are large sperm aggregates that constitute efficient vehicles for transmission of amounts of filamentous sperm to the female. J. Morphol. 235:239–247, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

被子植物非国产科汉名的初步拟订

报道了中国产12种苔藓植物染色体数目,结果为:壶苞苔Blasia pusilla,n=9;艳 绿光苔Cyathodium smaragdinum,n=9;紫背苔Plagiochasma rupestre,n=9;石地钱Rebou lia hemisphaerica,n=9;宽片叶苔Riccardia latifrons,n=10;尖叶美喙藓Eurhynchium eustegium,n=11;东亚沼羽藓Helodium sachalinense,n=11;白齿藓Leucodon sciuroides,