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南岭东段龟甲亚科昆虫族间体型分异格局

Intertribal Body Size Differentiation of Cassidinae Beetles in Eastern Nanling Mountains

  • 摘要: 为探究龟甲亚科昆虫族间的体型分异格局,在江西、广东、湖南三省交界区域采用样线法采集龟甲亚科昆虫,测量其体重、体长、体宽等形态指标,并运用非参数检验统计与异速生长模型分析了各族体型差异及其异速生长模式。结果表明:南岭东段龟甲亚科共计12个族,其中铁甲族种类最多(31种)。各族在体重、体长、体宽及长宽比上均存在显著差异,可分为小型(如瘤龟甲族、铁甲族)、中型(如脊甲族、龟甲族)和大型(如锯龟甲族)3个类群。长宽比显示身体形状可分为短阔型(龟甲类群)、过渡型和细长型(如脊甲族、卷叶甲族)。除瘤铁甲族体重—体宽模型外,其他模型均存在明显的异速生长关系,其中卷叶甲族与丽甲族在体重—体长模型中表现为正异速生长。龟甲亚科各族体型的差异,是由体型大小和身体轮廓这两个维度共同决定的。

     

    Abstract: To investigate the intertribal body size differentiation within Cassidinae, Cassidinae specimens were collected using the transect method in the border regions of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Hunan. Morphological traits including body weight, length, and width were measured, and body size variation and allometric growth patterns among tribes were analyzed by non-parametric tests and allometric growth models. The results indicated that a total of 12 tribes of Cassidinae were recorded in the eastern Nanling Mountains, with Hispini being the most species-rich tribe(31 species). Significant differences were found among tribes in terms of body weight, length, width, and length-to-width ratio. Based on body size, the tribes could be categorized into three groups:small-sized(e.g., Notosacanthini, Hispini), medium-sized(e.g., Gonophorini, Cassidini) and large-sized(e.g., Basiprionotini). The length-to-width ratio further classified body shapes into three types:broad(Cassidinae groups), intermediate and slender(e.g., Gonophorini, Leptispini). Allometric analysis revealed significant allometric relationships in all models except for the body weight-body width relationship in Oncocephalini. Specifically, positive allometry was observed in the body weight-body length model for Leptispini and Callispini.