中国跃蛃属(石蛃目,石蛃科)一新种记述

记述采自河南栾川龙浴湾跃蛃属1新种,即Pedetontinus luanchuanensis sp.nov.并修订跃蛃属已知种的检索表。栾川跃蛃,新种Pedetontinus luanchuanensis sp.nov.(图1～28)体长8.5～12.0mm,复眼长/宽为0.84～0.88,中连线/长为0.43～0.48,复眼中缘具浅黄色色斑,阳基侧突为1+5型,阳茎基节/端节为3.0～3.2,阳茎和阳基侧突位于第Ⅸ肢基片的2/3。新种与宋氏跃蛃P.songi Zhang&Li相似,但复眼中连线/长、阳茎基节/端节具明显区别(宋氏跃蛃复眼中连线/长为0.72,宋氏跃蛃P.songi阳茎基节/端节为2.0)。正模♂,编号ZJNUSB040,河南栾川龙浴湾,海拔1045m,2010-08-15,张加勇、李涛采。词源:新种以采集地所在的市命名。     

中国跃蛃属(石蛃目,石蛃科)一新种记述

记述采自江苏南京跃蛃属1新种,老山跃蛃Pedetontinus laoshanensis sp.nov.,通过扩增其线粒体CO Ⅰ基因,与中国已知跃蛹属其它物种进行遗传距离比较,并构建系统发生树,发现其与天目跃蛹P.tianmuensis和武当跃蛹较为接近,这也更加支持了基于形态证据的系统发生关系.并提供了跃蛃属已知19种的检索表.老山跃蛹,新种Pedetontinus laoshanensis sp.nov.(图1～17)体长7.0～9.0mm,复眼长/宽为0.99 ～1.00,中连线/长为0.50 ～0.55,复眼近中连线具浅色白斑,阳基侧突为1+6型,阳茎基节/端节为2.4,阳茎和阳基侧突位于第Ⅸ肢基片的1/2,产卵管初级型,其长略超第Ⅸ腹节的刺突端刺.前产卵管,分49 ～ 50节,后产卵管,分47 ～ 50节.该物种CO Ⅰ基因信息见GenBank No.EU699175～ EU 699177.新种与泰山跃蛹P.songi、天目跃蛃P.tianmuensis和武当跃蛃P.wudangensis相似,但复眼中连线/长、阳茎基节/端节、阳茎和阳基侧突位置、产卵管分节具明显区别.基于CO Ⅰ基因序列构建BI、MP和NJ系统发生树均有效证明老山跃蛃P.laoshanensis为单系群.基于K2p模型,新种与中国跃蛹属其它物种的遗传距离比较,与天目跃蛃P.tianmuensis遗传距离最小9.7％,与栾川跃蛃P.luanchuanensis 遗传距离最大12.1％.结合形态和分子数据证明该物种的有效性.正模♂,江苏南京老山(32°07′N,118°36′E;海拔145m),2004-08-01,李鹏、张加勇采,编号ZJNUSB050.词源:新种种名源自采集地地名.     

Structural organization of xanthine crystals in the median ocellus of a member of the ancestral insect group Archaeognatha

Biogenic purine crystals function in vision as mirrors, multilayer reflectors and light scatterers. We investigated a light sensory organ in a primarily wingless insect, the jumping bristletail Lepismachilis rozsypali (Archaeognatha), an ancestral group. The visual system of this animal comprises two compound eyes, two lateral ocelli, and a median ocellus, which is located on the front of the head, pointing downwards to the ground surface.We determined that the median ocellus contains crystals of xanthine, and we obtained insights into their function. To date, xanthine biocrystals have only been found in the Archaeognatha. We performed a structural analysis, using reflection light microscopy, cryo-FIB-SEM, microCT and cryo-SEM. The xanthine crystals cover the bottom of a bowl-shaped volume in the median ocellus, in analogy to a tapetum, and reflect photons to light-sensitive receptors that are spread in the volume without apparent order or preferential orientation. We infer that the median ocellus operates as an irregular multifocal reflector, which is not capable of forming images. A possible function of this organ is to improve photon capture, and by so doing assess distances from the ground surface when jumping by determining changes in the intensity and contrast of the incident light.     

Redescription of Nesomachilis (Arcliaeognatha : Meinertellidae), with descriptions of new species from the Australian region

Abstract

Nesomachilis Tillyard and its type-species N. maorica (Tillyard) are redescribed, the latter from a topotypical paratype. N. blumi (Irian Jaya), N. howensis (Lord Howe Island), AT. novaecaledoniae (New Caledonia), N. queenslandica, N. tamborino, and N. watsoni (Australia) are described as new species. Structures diagnostic of the genus are discussed, and a key to species is given.     

中国哈蛃属(石蛃目,石蛃科)一新种及赫氏哈蛃重新描述(英文)

记述采自江苏南京栖霞山哈蛃属1新种栖霞哈蛃,即Haslundichilis qixiaensis sp.nov.,并重新描述了采自甘肃天水麦积山的赫氏哈蛃。     

Gliding hexapods and the origins of insect aerial behaviour

Directed aerial descent (i.e. gliding and manoeuvring) may be an important stage in the evolution of winged flight. Although hypothesized to occur in ancestrally wingless insects, such behaviour is unexplored in extant basal hexapods, but has recently been described in arboreal ants. Here we show that tropical arboreal bristletails (Archaeognatha) direct their horizontal trajectories to tree trunks in approximately 90 per cent of falls. Experimental manipulation of the median caudal filament significantly reduced both success rate (per cent of individuals landing on a tree trunk) and performance (glide index) versus controls. The existence of aerial control in the ancestrally wingless bristletails, and its habitat association with an arboreal lifestyle, are consistent with the hypothesis of a terrestrial origin for winged flight in insects.     

中国跳蛃属(石蛃目,石蛃科)两新种

记述采自海南五指山和福建太姥山跳蛃属2新种,即Pedetontus hainanensis sp.nov.,Pedetonlm zhoui sp.nov.并列出中国跳蛃属已知种的检索表.研究标本保存在浙江师范大学生化学院.     

中国跃蛃属一新种(石蛃目,石蛃科)

描述了采自浙江江山的跃蛃属Pedetontinus 1新种,命名为尹氏跃蛃Pedetontinus yinae sp.nov..描述了新种的形态特征,并同属内近似种进行了比较.模式标本保存于南京师范大学生命科学学院.     

The female abdomen of the viviparous earwig Hemimerus vosseleri (Insecta: Dermaptera: Hemimeridae), with a discussion of the postgenital abdomen of Insecta

The viviparous, epizoic African earwigs of the genus Hemimerus are currently regarded as the sister taxon of the remaining Dermaptera (Forficulina). Exoskeleton, musculature, and part of the nervous system of the female abdomen, from segment IV on, are described. The morphological interpretation and homology relations of most components are discussed, using previous and original data on Forficulina, Zygentoma, Ephemeroptera, Orthoptera and Dictyoptera as a comparative framework. In the mid-abdominal segments some interesting similarities with Zygentoma are indicated. Focal issues in the postgenital abdomen are the terminal dorsal sclerites, the cercal muscles, and the paraprocts and associated muscles. Earlier hypotheses on the dermapteran postabdomen (opisthomere and pseudocercus hypotheses) and results from ontogenetic studies are scrutinized. Some interesting features detected in female Hemimerus are the immobilization of terga VIII-X by means of a thick internal cuticle layer, the lack of dorsal muscles on these terga, the shift of some insertions of cercal and rectal muscles from tergum X to tergum IX, and minute pits on the venters IX and X that could be spiracle vestiges. Some of these features occur also in other Dermaptera. Some abdominal characters suggest that Hemimerus is nested within the Forficulina. The lack of the clasper-shape in the cerci is not a strong argument against this.     

Diskontinuierlich aktive Gene und Evolution Eine Diskussion am Beispiel der Archaeognatha (Insecta)

Discontinuous activity of genes and evolution - a discussion based on examples of the Archaeognatha (Insecta) On the basis of examples, mainly from the group of Archaeognatha (Insecta) it seems probable that, in multicellular organisms, there is not only a discontinuous activity of genes and groups of genes during the individual development, but also during the phylogenesis. The possibility that silent genes can be reactivated is probably an essential reason for the existence of parallelisms and homologous tendencies. Both conceptions have a complementary importance for an establishment of taxa ana the reconstruction of phylogenesis and are defined according to evolutionary genetics. The examples are discussed and the necessity of similar comparative studies in other supraspecific taxa is emphasized.