Mitochondrial genomes of two luminous beetles, Rhagophthalmus lufengensis and R-ohbai (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera)

We determined the mitochondrial MA (mtDNA) sequences of two luminous beetles (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera), Rhagophthalmus lufengensis from Yunnan, China and Rhagophthalmus ohbai from Yaeyama Island, Japan. We identified all the 37 mtDNA genes of R. l

Diversity Variation of Ground-dwelling Beetle(Insecta:Coleoptera) Communities in Jiaozi Mountain, Yunnan, China

对云南轿子雪山自然保护区地表甲虫物的种组成及生物多样性季节变化进行了连续跟踪调查.调查结果如下:(1)通过对4种典型微环境样地(草地、灌丛、林地以及农田生态系统)连续3次跟踪连续调查,共获得标本2451头,分别隶属于24科.其中步甲科(Carabidae)为优势类群,占总数的62.10%;隐翅虫科(Staphylinidae)其次,占12.77%.可能由于海拔、气温等因素影响,该地区昆虫活动高峰期较短.(2)通过对4种典型微生态环境中地表甲虫的生物多样性的比较,表明不同生境内甲虫的多样性指数存在动态变化,在不同生境片区内甲虫存在迁移活动,甲虫多在灌丛中越冬,并随季节及食物源迁移.

Stegana (Oxyphortica) nigripennis species-group, with descriptions of four new species from southeast Asia (Insecta : Diptera : Drosophilidae)

The nigripennis species-group is established within the subgenus Stegana (Oxyphortica), consisting of five species distributed in the Oriental Region, Stegana (O.) nigripennis (Hendel) from southern Japan, S. (O.) aotsukai, new species and S. (O.) prigenti, new species from southern China and Thailand, and S. (O.) trisetosa, new species and S. (O.) yapingi, new species, from eastern Malaysia. A key to all the species in this group is provided.

栉角雪萤的荧光酶基因结构及其系统发育分析

短角窗萤属是萤科第四大属,但未见有该属物种荧光酶基因的研究报道.通过对总基因组的PCR扩增,对该属的栉角雪萤荧光酶基因进行了测序分析.基因序列长1 958 bp.与已知荧光酶基因进行同源性比较后推断,栉角雪萤的荧光酶基因由7个外显子和6个内含子组成,编码547个氨基酸残基;由推导的氨基酸序列进行同源性比较后发现,栉角雪萤的荧光酶基因与同一亚科中Lampyrini族和Cratomorphini族分别具有93-94%和92%相似性,而与北美萤火虫Photinus pyralis(Photinini族)的相似性较低(83%).系统发育分析进一步表明栉角雪萤与Pyrocoelia、Lampyris、Cratomorphus和Photinus同属于萤亚科,且与前3个属的亲缘关系较近.这在一定程度上与形态(Branham & Wenzel,2003)及线粒体DNA(Li et al,2006)系统发育分析所得结果一致.

Identification and characterization of insect-specific proteins by genome data analysis

Background: Insects constitute the vast majority of known species with their importance including biodiversity, agricultural, and human health concerns. It is likely that the successful adaptation of the Insecta clade depends on specific components in its

蚂蚁食品简介

蚂蚁在动物界中属于节肢动物门 (Arthropod), 昆虫纲 (Insecta), 膜翅目 (hymenoptera) , 蚁科 (Formicidae). 我国民间常作食疗用的蚂蚁主要是蚁亚科 (Formicinae) 多刺蚁属 (Polyrhachis) 中的拟黑多刺蚁或称鼎突多刺蚁 (Polyrhachis vicina Roger). 这类蚂蚁分布于华南, 西南及长江中下游地区, 并以热带. 亚热带地区的密度最高. 它们是一类群居, 树上筑巢, 多品级的社会性昆虫。

Advances in phylogenetic studies of Nematoda

Nematoda is a metazoan group with extremely high diversity only next to Insecta. Caenorhabditis elegans is now a favorable experimental model animal in modern developmental biology, genetics and genomics; studies. However, the phylogeny of Nematoda and the phylogenetic position of the phylum within animal kingdom have long been in debate. Recent molecular phylogenetic studies gave great challenges to the traditional nematode classification. The new phylogenies not only placed the Nematoda in the Ecdysozoan and divided the phylum into five clades, but also provided new insights into animal molecular identification and phylogenetic biodiversity studies. The present paper reviews major progress and remaining problems in the current molecular phylogenetic studies of Nematoda, and prospects the developmental tendencies of this field.

中国龙虱科分类及区系分析

龙虱科是水生鞘翅目中的第一大科，种类十分丰富，与人类生活息息相关。本文基于大量的文献及中国水甲虫调查期间采集的龙虱科标本的观察，对中国的龙虱科进行了系统的分类学研究，以期为龙虱科生态及系统发育研究提供基础性资料。 在查阅大量文献的基础上，编制了我国龙虱科昆虫名录，共计40属315种；在名录中列出了所有物种的原始发表文献、异名及详细的分布信息。采用国际上多数分类学家认可的10亚科分类系统，编制了我国龙虱科昆虫的分亚科检索表。 检查龙虱科标本1058头，鉴定出24属共90种。对全部种类进行了详细的形态描述，绘制了鉴别特征图；报告了5个新种（其中3种已经发表），分别为拟二叉端毛龙虱、长叶宽缘龙虱、韦氏微龙虱、西双版纳微龙虱和彦宾三叉龙虱；25个省新记录种。全文包含鉴别特征图27版212幅，照片9版共81张。 对我国龙虱科昆虫进行了区系分析，得出了属、种的区系分布特点：1. 在属级阶元上，东洋界中华南区在属级分类单元的数量最为丰富，共有28属，占总属数的70%；古北界中华北区在属级分类单元的数量最多，有20属，占总属数的50%；2. 在种级阶元上，我国龙虱科昆虫以东洋成分占主导，明显高于古北界，但古北东洋界共同种比例亦很高，说明我国龙虱科东洋与古北昆虫有相互渗透的趋向。3. 龙虱科昆虫在全国各大区的分布共有47种分布型，华南区、华中区及东北区物种最丰富，明显高于其它各区，这三个区分布的种类分别为144种，97种，89种。