蚁栖蚜虫（半翅目，蚜科）肛周结构的比较研究。

Kaszyca-Taszakowska Natalia, Kanturski Mariusz, Depa Łukasz

Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.

Insects. 2022 Dec 16;13(12):1160. doi: 10.3390/insects13121160.

There are three types of relationships between aphids and ants: non-myrmecophilous, obligatory and facultatively myrmecophilous. The degree of involvement in this mutualism is believed to be corelated with morphological adaptations of perianal structures. In this manuscript, we analyzed the differences of these structures in obligatorily (18 species) and facultatively (10 species) myrmecophilous aphids. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and light stereoscopic microscopy (LSM) techniques were used for these studies. Comparison of structures showed no strict relationship between their morphology and the degree myrmecophily, with certain indication that the microsculpture of perianal cuticle may play role in protection of aphids against honeydew droplet in facultatively myrmecophilous aphids.

蚜虫与蚂蚁之间存在三种关系

非蚁栖性、 obligatory（此处原文有误，可能是“obligate”，意为专性的）和兼性蚁栖性。这种共生关系的参与程度被认为与肛周结构的形态适应相关。在本手稿中，我们分析了专性蚁栖性（18种）和兼性蚁栖性（10种）蚜虫这些结构的差异。扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和光学立体显微镜（LSM）技术用于这些研究。结构比较表明，它们的形态与蚁栖程度之间没有严格的关系，有一定迹象表明，兼性蚁栖性蚜虫肛周角质层的微雕可能在保护蚜虫免受蜜露滴影响方面发挥作用。