西藏盖蚤属一新种记述：蚤目：角叶蚤科

本文记述的柳氏盖蚤新种是从西藏昂仁自藏仓鼠和白尾松田鼠体上获得。标本2雄4雌。新种接近盖蚤属中的端圆盖蚤,其主要区别为新种前胸栉刺数较多,为19—22根。雄蚤第8背板有较发达的棘丛区;可动突端口平直,后缘内凹较浅,基段粗而短;第9腹板后臀后缘窄突上有3枝小刺形鬃,其前无宽突;阳茎钩突端部细长呈钩状。雌蚤第7腹板侧鬃数较多,约19—24枝。     

朝鲜叉蚤种下分类的商榷(蚤目:多毛蚤科)

该文系统回顾和分析了朝鲜叉蚤DoratopsyllacoreanaDarskaya,1949的亚种形态和分类,结果表明:(1)朝鲜叉蚤的亚种♂抱器在长与宽之比上均存在较宽幅度变异,这种变异往往也与制片有关,在通常情况下,标本在薄压和没有薄压的条件下作对比,二者形态有很大差异,因此不能单纯用抱器长与中部宽之比来作为种间分类指标;(2)蚤类可动突与不动突,平时都当作一种“硬部位”来对待,而属于“软部位”诸如阳茎钩突和雌蚤受精囊管等,这些器官在压片时往往方向、形状都会出现差异和偏位。70年代以来,雄蚤阳茎钩突的形状在蚤类种间或种下分类中起到了比较重要的辅助作用,但必须有一个前提,即雄蚤的可动突和不动突是在种间和种下出现差异的情况下才适用;(3)通过所附11篇文献的叙述及附图的比较观察,再辅以有关标本的描绘,作者认为D.coreanasichuanensis与D.coreanacoreana在形态上并无区别;D.jii与D.coreanaaraea也无实质性差别。文后附亚种检索表。     

蚤消化系统的研究：14种蚤前胃的结构

蚤的前胃结构与其传病机制密切相关。 本文应用解剖、组织切片和扫描电镜研究14种蚤的前胃。前胃的外部形态可分为：球状、椭球状、管状和圆台状。前胃刺内部有原生质。 前胃刺的末端形态可分为：钩形、弯叉形、叶形、针形、矛形、喇叭口形、“W”形、大叉形、小叉形、马刀形、锥形和舌形。 前胃刺包括有齿刺和无齿刺两类,有齿刺上齿的分布茫固有：1/2、1/3、1/4、2/3和刺全长。未观察到花蠕形蚤 yermipsylla alakurt 和缓慢细蚤Leptopsylla sehnis的前胃刺上有齿。 前胃刺末端形态和齿的分布呈现出科的相似性。 前胃刺基部的形态有：四棱形、正方形、五边形、不规则五边形、六边形、卵形和圆形。致痒蚤Pulex irrirans和印鼠客蚤Xenopsylla cheopis的前胃刺较粗长、骨化强、在刺两侧具较密的齿且多分布于刺的一半以上,这些特征可能适宜于鼠疫杆菌的生存与大量聚集。没有观察到俊潜蚤Tunga callida的前胃和前胃刺。     

长爪沙鼠体蚤和巢蚤数量研究

1982～1996年对内蒙古自治区鄂托克前旗长爪沙鼠Meriones unguiculatus体蚤和巢蚤的数量进行了调查和分析,得到如下结果。获体蚤15种,同型客蚤指名亚种Xenopsylla conformis conformls (50.8%) 和秃病蚤蒙冀亚种Nosopsyllus laveiceps kuzenkovi (40.6%)为优势种。获巢蚤15种,秃病蚤蒙冀亚种(74.3%)为优势种;盔状新蚤Neopsylla galea (11.9%)和叶状切唇蚤突高亚种Coptopsyllus lamelliferardua (8.1%)为常见种。年巢蚤指数的均值是年体蚤指数的6.92倍。体蚤指数与巢蚤指数不相关(P>0,05),体染蚤率与巢染蚤率不相关(P>0.05)。不同年份 的体蚤和巢蚤多样性比较稳定。连续两年春季或秋季秃病蚤巢蚤指数大于10只后,可能流行动物鼠疫。     

从雄蚤的生殖腔口解剖出阳茎体及其制片

雄蚤的阳茎体 (phallosome)或称插入器(intromittent organ)在生殖隔离中起着重要的作用。其形态和构造在分类中具有重要意义。以往对阳茎体的研究主要是通过侧位整装标本进行观察,但是阳茎体的结构较为复杂,平时又缩在体内,往往被抱握器等结构所覆盖并互相重叠,所以,不便于观察和辨别。若能将阳     

云南高黎贡山茸足蚤属一新种：蚤目：细蚤科

本文报道了1987年底从滇西边陲高黎贡山南段西坡(约东经98°68′,北纬26°01′;海拔3,100米)的灰颈鼠兔贡山亚种Ochotona foerrsti sogoodi体采获的一新种(仅1)方形茸足蚤Geusibia quadrata。它近于微突茸足蚤G.minutipronula Zhang et Liu,1984及其宁陕亚种G.m.ningshanensis Zhang et Liu,1984,指形茸足蚤G.digitiforma Gong et Lin,1990和结实茸足蚤G.torosa Jordan,1932,但该新种基节臼鬃位置较低、抱器后腹突较短小、可动突后腹角显著地凸出和无窦、第9腹板后臂基部的腹膨宽大近似方形和阳茎钩突的端腹角较发达等综合特征可与其它近缘种区分。     

锡林郭勒草原布氏田鼠体蚤和巢蚤数量动态及蚤类群落演替

1989～1998年对内蒙古阿巴嘎旗那仁宝力格苏木布氏田鼠Microtus brandti体蚤和巢蚤的数量进行了调查和分析,所得体蚤包括3科7属9种, 其中优势种有: 原双蚤田野亚种Amphipsylla primaris mitis占41.84%, 近代新蚤东方亚种Neopsylla pleskei orientalis占41.18%, 光亮额蚤Frontopsylla luculenta占13.18%。所得巢蚤包括2科6属9种, 其中优势种近代新蚤占74.94%; 光亮额蚤占10.04%, 原双蚤占8.20%, 宽圆纤蚤Rhadinopsylla rothschildi占6.44%, 是常见种。田鼠体的原双蚤、近代新蚤、光亮额蚤和体蚤指数间呈正相关(P<0.05)。田鼠巢的近代新蚤、光亮额蚤、宽圆纤蚤和巢蚤指数间正相关显著(P<0.01)。春季巢蚤指数∶春季体蚤指数≈5∶1, 秋季巢蚤指数∶秋季体蚤指数≈75∶1。近代新蚤既是体型蚤又是巢型蚤, 为田鼠的优势蚤种; 原双蚤数量占体蚤的 41.84%, 是体型蚤; 光亮额蚤为体蚤和巢蚤中的常见种。     

共系蚤属一新种及雌蚤一例畸形（蚤目：角叶蚤科）

鞋形共系蛴自发表迄今８５年以来为一独模属,在峨眉山发现的一新种,是本属首次有了第二种,共系蚤属的地理分布也因新种的地理位置向北推到了西南区的西南山地亚区。新种雌蚤（配模）盲管的末端具一受精囊的雏形,认为这一结构在角叶蚤科的共系蚤属中的出现是一个返祖遗传性质的畸形。     

大锥蚤属二新种记述（蚤目：角叶蚤科）

本文报道采自云南景东的景东大锥蚤Ｍａｃｒｏｓｔｙｌｏｐｈｏｒａｊｉｎｇｄｏｎｇｅｎｓｕｓｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。和采自四川黑水的黑水大锥蚤Ｍ．ｈｅｉｓｈｕｉｅｎｓｉｓｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,两个新种,并与在西南几省广为分布的无值大锥蚤Ｍ．ｅｕｔｅｌｅｓ（Ｊｏｒｄａｎ＆Ｒｏｔｈｓｃｈｉｌｄ,１９１１）的形态特征相比较。     

共系蚤属－新种及雌蚤－例畸形（蚤目：角叶蚤科）

鞋形共系蚤Ｓｙｎｇｅｎｏｐｓｙｌｌｕｓｃａｌｃｅａｔｕｓ（Ｒｏｔｈｓｃｈｉｌｄ,１９０５）自发表迄今８５年以来为一独模属。在峨眉山发现的一新种,是本属首次有了第二种。共系蚤属的地理分布也因新种的地理位置向北推到了西南区的西南山地亚区。新种雌蚤（配模）盲管的末端具一受精囊的雏形,认为这一结构在角叶蚤科的共系蚤属中的出现是一个返祖遗传性质的畸形。     

Comparative Density of Hair Sensilla on the Legs of Cavernicolous and Epigean Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones)

To allow an animal to behave appropriately, the location of sensorial structures is expected to be related to their function. As the different leg pairs of arachnids may have different functions (probing x supporting the body), one could expect them to have a different density of sensilla. Moreover, different regions of the same leg (dorsal, lateral, and ventral) would also be expected to have different densities of sensilla, according to the use of each region (e.g., the ventral part is often in contact with the substrate while the dorsal part is not). As cavernicolous animals are expected to be more sensitive than their epigean relatives, one could also expect a different density of sensilla when comparing cavernicolous and epigean animals. Using three epigean and three cavernicolous species of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones), this study aimed at describing the morphology of hair sensilla on the legs and answering three questions: (1) Are there differences in the density of hair sensilla between the dorsal, lateral and ventral regions of each leg pair of the same individual? (2) Are there differences in the density of hair sensilla between the leg pairs of the same individual? (3) Are there differences in the density of hair sensilla when comparing the leg pairs of individuals of cavernicolous and non-cavernicolous species? The tarsi and metatarsi of all right legs of the six studied species were analyzed under a scanning electron microscope. The results (P < 0.05) showed that, in general: the ventral region of the tarsus was denser in sensilla trichodea than the lateral and dorsal regions, particularly on legs I and II; the density of sensilla chaetica did not differ on legs III and IV, but was greater on the dorsal region of legs I and II; the ventral part of legs I had the higher density of sensilla trichodea of the four pairs, whereas the second pair had the lower density; Holcobunus citrinus (Eupnoi) was the species with higher density of sensilla trichodea, on all legs; the cavernicolous species had a lower density of sensilla than the epigean species. The results are tentatively related to harvestmen behavior.     

Neotropical Monogenoidea. 33. Three new species of Ancistrohaptor n. g. (Dactylogyridae,Ancyrocephalinae) on Triportheus spp. (Teleostei,Characidae) from Brazil,with checklists of ancyrocephalines recorded from neotropical characiform fishes

Three new species of Ancistrohaptor n. g. are described from the gills of three species of Triportheus (Characidae) collected from the environs of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil: A. falcatum n. sp. from T. elongatus; and A. falciferum n. sp. and A. falcunculum n. sp. from T. angulatus, T. albus and T. elongatus. Ancistrohaptor n. g. is proposed for species possessing overlapping gonads, a dextral or dextroventral vaginal aperture, a coiled (counter-clockwise) male copulatory organ, two accessory pieces in the copulatory complex, and a haptor armed with two pairs of anchors (ventral anchor with elongate shaft), dorsal and ventral bars and 14 hooks; hook pair 1 (ventral) anterior to ventral bar, pairs 2–4 (ventral) lying bilaterally anterior to ventral anchor bases, pair 5 (ventral) associated with distal end of ventral anchor shafts, and pairs 6 and 7 (dorsal) bilateral about midway along haptoral length. Parasite-host and host-parasite lists of the Ancyrocephalinae from neotropical Characiformes are provided.     

Homology and Evolution of the Chaetae in Echiura (Annelida)

Echiura is traditionally regarded as a small phylum of unsegmented spiralian worms. Molecular analyses, however, provide unquestionable evidence that Echiura are derived annelids that lost segmentation. Like annelids, echiurans possess chaetae, a single ventral pair in all species and one or two additional caudal hemi-circles of chaetae in two subgroups, but their evolutionary origin and affiliation to annelid chaetae are unresolved. Since annelids possess segmental pairs of dorsal (notopodial) and ventral (neuropodial) chaetae that are arranged in a row, the ventral chaetae in Echiura either represent a single or a paired neuropodial group of chaetae, while the caudal circle may represent fused rows of chaetae. In annelids, chaetogenesis is generally restricted to the ventral part of the notopodial chaetal sac and to the dorsal part of the neuropodial chaetal sac. We used the exact position of the chaetal formation site in the echiuran species, Thalassema thalassemum (Pallas, 1766) and Echiurus echiurus (Pallas, 1767), to test different hypotheses of the evolution of echiurid chaetae. As in annelids, a single chaetoblast is responsible for chaetogenesis in both species. Each chaeta of the ventral pair arises from its own chaetal sac and possesses a lateral formation site, evidencing that the pair of ventral chaetae in Echiura is homologous to a pair of neuropodia that fused on the ventral side, while the notopodia were reduced. Both caudal hemi-circles of chaetae in Echiurus echiurus are composed of several individual chaetal sacs, each with its own formative site. This finding argues against a homology of these hemi-circles of chaetae and annelids’ rows of chaetae and leads to the hypothesis that the caudal chaetal rings evolved once within the Echiura by multiplication of ventral chaetae.     

A new species of Lepidodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Panama with a description of its peptidergic nervous system using CLSM, anti-FMRFamide and anti-SCPB

A new species of Lepidodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Lepidodasyidae) is described from sublittoral sediments in the Bocas del Toro archipelago in Panama and represents the first species of Lepidodasyidae described from the Caribbean. The new species possesses keeled scales that form a crossed-helical pattern across its dorsal and lateral surfaces and ventral scales that form a herringbone pattern between and lateral to the ciliary columns. A bilateral pair of three ventral adhesive tubes at the posterior end further differentiates this new species from its seven congeners. A confocal laser scanning microscope examination of the nervous system using antibodies to small cardioactive peptide B (SCP_B) and FMRFamides reveals a dumbbell-shape cerebral ganglion, paired pharyngeal neurites and paired posterior nerve cords. Expression patterns of immunoreactivity to both classes of neuropeptides show a high degree of similarity. Only within the lateral somata of the cerebral ganglion and a single median pharyngeal neurite is there a difference in immunoreactivity to FMRFamide (positive) compared to SCP_B (negative). Results from this investigation reveal that neuropeptides, among other neuronal markers, might provide phylogenetically informative characters in macrodasyidan gastrotrichs, especially regarding the topology of the cerebral ganglion.     

Anatomy of the extrinsic gut musculature of Gammarus minus (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Inserting on the buccal and esophageal foregut of Gammarus minus are numerous pairs of serially arranged dorsal dilator muscles, a single pair of lateral muscles, and two pairs of posterior muscles. Muscles of the cardiac stomach include three dorsal sets, a single pair associated with the pterocardiac ossicles, and two pairs inserting on the ventral aspect. A single pair of muscles inserts on the lateral aspect of the pyloric stomach. The extrinsic muscles of the foregut originate from exoskeletal apodemes of the cephalothoracic cuticle, sockets of the mandible, and a maxillary bridge that lies just ventral to the cardiac stomach. The extrinsic musculature of the hindgut is restricted to the rectal region and consists of paired dorsal and ventral series in an X-configuration. A single unpaired muscle inserts on the ventral midline. Extrinsic muscles of the hindgut originate from the integument of the last pleonic segment. The general arrangement of extrinsic gut muscles in G. minus is similar but not identical to that of other amphipods studied. However, the pattern is quite different from that of other malacostracans.     

ANATOMY OF THE GYNOECIUM IN TWO SPECIES OF BAKERIDESIA (MALVACEAE)

Structure of the gynoecium is described in two species of Bakeridesia, subgenus Bakeridesia (Malvaceae, tribe Malveae). The dorsal wall of each carpel bears a winglike projection with a marginal pair of pubescent, bluntly dentate wings. The projection arises as a single, solid ridge of tissue after the ovules are initiated and after the ventral carpellary margins are fused with the receptacle. Two multiseriate layers of fiber-sclereids line each locule and continue into the winglike projection where they are separated by parenchyma. Gynoecial vascularization is described in detail. The richly vascularized carpels are supplied by five traces: a median dorsal trace, which bifurcates into two dorsal bundles; two lateral traces; and two ventral traces. Adjacent ventral traces, lateral traces, and septal bundles are fused—i.e., they are held in common by neighboring carpels. The presence of lateral carpellary traces may be a primitive character in the tribe Malveae.     

Role of the male claw sensilla in perception of female mounting sex pheromone in Dermacentor variabilis,Dermacentor andersoni and Amblyomma americanum

The foreleg claw sensilla of male D. variabilis, D. andersoni and A. americanum ticks indlude the receptors that perceive the female contact mounting sex pheromone (MSP). In all three tick species, the foreleg claw sensilla comprise six anteriorly-directed setae arranged in three symmetrical pairs, two each on the opposite sides of the apotele of the claw and one on the ventral side. Morphological study and behavioral bioassays of these setae revealed that only the dorsal and middle (=lateral) pairs of claw sensilla are mechanogustatory. While the ventral pair are strictly mechanoreceptors. The dorsal and middle sensory setae exhibit a single pore-like structure located at or near their tip, a feature characteristic of mechanogustatory sensilla. These setae are similar to those found on the palps that are believed to function as pheromone receptors. In all three tick species, male mounting and postmounting behaviors were suppressed only when the dorsal and middle pairs of claw sensilla were ablated or covered with gelatin; normal behavior was restored when the gelatin was removed. Doscresponse bioassays were conducted with D. variabilis males to authenticate the results of the gelatin tests. The results of these bioassays demonstrated that the gelatin coat was impervious to the pheromone. The characteristics of the ixodid tick mating system that distinguish it from mating processes in other arthropods are discussed.     

STUDIES ON THE FLORAL ANATOMY OF THE CUNONIACEAE

Twenty-two genera representing sixty-two species of Cunoniaceae and Davidsonia were examined with respect to floral anatomy. Sepals are vascularized by three traces with the lateral traces of adjacent sepals united. Pancheria is unique for the family with species in which the sepals are vascularized by a single, undivided bundle. Petals, when present, and stamens, are uniformly one-trace structures. A general tendency exists within the family for the principal floral bundles to unite in various ways, with fusions evident between calyx, corolla, and androecial vascular supplies. Carpel number ranges from two to five and the gynoecium is generally surrounded by a prominent disc. Gynoecia of Ceratopetalum and Pullea are “half-inferior.” The number of ovules per carpel locule ranges from one to numerous. Ventral carpel sutures range from open to completely sealed at the level of placentation. Carpels of the apocarpous genus Spiraeanthemum (incl. Acsmithia) are vascularized by a dorsal bundle and either three or four bundles constituting the ovular and wing vasculation in the ventral position, a condition unlike other members of the family. Ovules are supplied by the median ventral bundle. More advanced bicarpellate gynoecia within the family are predominately vascularized by a dorsal and two ventral bundles although a variable number of additional lateral wall traces may be present. A major trend exists toward fusion of the ventral bundles of adjacent carpels in the ovary of both bicarpellate and multicarpellate plants. At the base of the styles the fused ventral strands separate and extend along with the dorsal carpellary bundles into styles of adjacent carpels. In Pullea the ventral bundles terminate within the ovules. The united ventral carpellary bundles in Aphanopetalum, Gillbeea, and Aistopetalum lie in the plane of the septa separating adjacent carpels. Ovules are vascularized by traces originating from the vascular cylinder at the base of the gynoecium or by traces branching from the ventral bundles. Ovular traces in each carpel are united, or remain as discrete bundles, prior to entering the placenta. Tannin and druses are common throughout all floral parts. Although floral anatomy generally supports the position of Cunoniaceae near Saxifragaceae and Davidsoniaceae, the evolutionary relationship of the Cunoniaceae to the Dilleniaceae is uncertain.     

Musculature of Notholca acuminata (Rotifera: Ploima: Brachionidae) revealed by confocal scanning laser microscopy

Abstract. The body-wall and visceral musculature of Notholca acuminata was visualized using phalloidin-linked fluorescent dye under confocal laser scanning microscopy. The body-wall musculature includes dorsal, lateral, and ventral pairs of longitudinally oriented body retractor muscles, two pairs of head retractors, three pairs of incomplete circular muscles, which are modified into dorso-ventral muscles, and a single pair of dorsolateral muscles. The visceral musculature consists of a complex of thick muscles associated with the mastax, as well as several sets of delicate fibers associated with the corona, stomach, gut, and cloaca, including thin longitudinal gut fibers and viscero-cloacal fibers, never before reported in other species of rotifers. The dorsal, lateral, and ventral retractor muscles and the incomplete circular muscles associated with the body wall appear to be apomorphies for the Rotifera. Muscle-revealing staining shows promise for providing additional information on previously unrecognized complexity in rotifer musculature that will be useful in functional morphology and phylogenetic analyses.     

The dorsal fin engine of the seahorse (Hippocampus sp.)

The muscles, fin ray joints, and supporting structures underlying the dorsal fin are described for two seahorse species: Hippocampus zosterae and Hippocampus erectus. A fan-shaped array of cartilaginous bones, the pterigiophores, form the internal supporting structure of the dorsal fin. Each pterigiophore is composed of a proximal radial that extends from a vertebra to the dorsal side of the animal, where it fuses to a middle radial. The middle radials fuse with each other to form a dorsal ridge upon which sit the spheroidal distal radials. Each distal radial articulates with a fin ray on its dorsal side and is attached to the dorsal ridge on its ventral side by a material that has been histologically identified as elastic cartilage. Together these connections form a two-axis joint that permits elevation, depression, and inclination of the ray. Each fin ray is actuated by two bilateral pairs of muscles, an anterior pair of inclinators, and a posterior pair of depressors. The anteriormost fin ray is actuated by three bilateral pair of muscles, the inclinators, the depressors, and a pair of elevator muscles that are positioned anterior to the inclinators. Preliminary examinations of the ray joints of the pectoral and anal fins of adult H. zostera and the pectoral fins of newborn H. erectus revealed structures similar to that seen in the dorsal fins. To further explore the structure and function of the dorsal fin gross dissections and simple functional tests were performed on H. erectus and H. barbouri and behavioral observations were made of all three species plus Hippocampus kuda.