The Tetramorium squaminode species group (Hymenoptera,Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula,with a new record from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and keys to Arabian species

The Arabian species of the Tetramorium squaminode-group are treated. Tetramorium squaminode Santschi, 1911 is recorded for the first time from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. Keys to the two Arabian species of the Tetramorium squaminode-group, Tetramorium latinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 and Tetramorium squaminode, based on worker and queen castes, are given and a regional distribution map is provided. Notes on habitats of Tetramorium squaminode are presented.     

退化高寒草地土壤真菌群落与土壤环境因子间相互关系

【目的】为探究祁连山高寒草地退化过程中土壤真菌群落分布特征与土壤环境因子间的相互关系。【方法】利用Illumina Miseq PE250高通量测序技术对轻度、中度和重度退化草地土壤真菌群落结构变化及其多样性进行分析,并对土壤真菌群落与土壤环境因子的相互关系进行冗余分析(RDA)。【结果】随着退化程度加剧,土壤pH呈现出升高趋势,电导率呈现出先升高后降低趋势,土壤含水量、有机碳、全氮、全磷和全钾含量均逐渐降低。高通量测序共得到750575条有效序列和5788个OTUs;各试验点样地中真菌群落Chao1指数和Shannon-Wiener指数变化各异。在门分类水平上,子囊菌门(Ascomycota)、担子菌门(Basidiomycota)、接合菌门(Zygomycota)、球囊菌门(Glomeromycota)和壶菌门(Chytridiomycota)是各草地土壤的优势类群。RDA分析表明,土壤速效钾、全氮、速效氮和有机碳是祁连山不同退化高寒草地土壤真菌群落分布的主要驱动因子。【结论】祁连山不同退化高寒草地土壤真菌群落间差异明显,土壤环境因子是影响土壤真菌群落分布的重要因素。     

Congruent population genetic structure but differing depths of divergence for three alpine stoneflies with similar ecology and geographic distributions

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