Curler Gregory R, Moulton John K, Madriz R Isai
Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, 100 Old Highway 12, P.O. Drawer 9775, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775, USA.; Email:
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4560, USA.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Nov 24;4048(1):114-26. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.7.
Adults of Aposycorax chilensis were collected from several sites during fieldwork in Chilean Patagonia, December 2013. Specimens were swept or aspirated from roadside seeps and found in greatest numbers during the morning hours. DNA was extracted from a recently blood-fed female and was subjected to the polymerase chain reaction using vertebrate-specific 16S primers. An amplicon was obtained and the resulting sequence was found to have over 99% identity with two frogs in the genus Batrachyla, thus establishing this species' preference for amphibian hosts. The diagnosis and description of adult A. chilensis are revised, including the first description of the complete male genital tract. Habitat characteristics for this species and rotation of the male genitalia are discussed.
2013年12月在智利巴塔哥尼亚进行野外考察期间，从多个地点采集到了智利阿波西科拉克斯（Aposycorax chilensis）的成虫。标本是从路边渗水处扫捕或吸出的，上午时分数量最多。从一只近期吸食过血液的雌虫身上提取了DNA，并使用脊椎动物特异性16S引物进行聚合酶链反应。获得了一个扩增子，结果发现所得序列与巴氏蛙属（Batrachyla）的两种青蛙有超过99%的同一性，从而确定了该物种对两栖类宿主的偏好。对智利阿波西科拉克斯成虫的诊断和描述进行了修订，包括首次对完整雄性生殖道的描述。讨论了该物种的栖息地特征以及雄性生殖器的旋转情况。
