Ecological variation between two populations of Thecodiplosis japonensis uchida et Inouye in Korea

솔잎혹파리 두 집단간(集團間)의 생태변이(生態變異)

This study was performed to find differences in phototaxis response of the larva, adult emergence, sex ratio and gall formation rate of Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye between two areas, north and south. Larvae from these two areas, Hweng-sung in north and Moo-an in south, both considered to be the sities of severe outbreak of the insect recently, were collected from the floor and transported to the entomology larboratory, Won-Kwang University in Iri, then overwintered. These larvae were used for various experimental purposes on various dates. The following results were obtained. 1. The sizes of larvae reached 2.45 in length, 0.70 in width for north, and 2.50 in length, 0.72 in width for sourth. It seems that the differents were not significant. 2. It is known that Leaving gall of larvae to the ground for the hibernation usually occurs on rainy days. For the larvae dispersion, the phototaxis response of the larvae was hypothesized. To check this, the author manipulated some different illumination intensities adjusting the distance between the glass tube in which 100 larvae were contained and electric bulb. The glass tubes were blackened all but except a small portion. The phototaxis responses between two areas seemed to be different particularly at low light intensities, 45, 145 and 1000 lux, The larvae from north assembled to the clear portion of the glass tube were more than 30 out of 100, however less than 30 in south sample regardless of the time passage. In either cases, the saturation points came after about 8 to 10 hours. If temperature units were used, the phototaxis curve= after 1 hour illumination between two areas provided significant differences. 3. The adult emergence of south area was lagged 10 days later than that of north area. The accumulated effective day-degrees of temperature for adult emergence were $934^{\circ}C$ for north area and $1180^{\circ}C$ for south area. The emerging duration of north area appeared to be in late May through the early of July and the peak emergence occurred in middle June that was approximately 15days earlier than that of south area. The sex ratio of female to male, regardless of area, was approximately 3 : 1. 4. The rates of gall formation of the red pine(Pinus densiflora Siebold et Zuccarini), 6-year-old seedlings, were as low as 9.94% for north area and 8.87% for south area. Through the close observation, the author presumed that the population reduction was greatly affected during the prepupa stage by relative moisture content and predators, such as spiders and ants presented on the ground.

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 두 지역간(地域間)의 솔잎혹파리에 관한 서로 다른 유충(幼蟲)의 주광성(走光性), 우화율(羽化率), 성비(性比), 그리고 충영형성율(蟲癭形成率)을 찾고자 수행(遂行)하였다. 북쪽에서는 피해(被害)가 가장 심한 구성성분(構城成分)을 남쪽에서는 최초(最初)의 발생지(發生地)였던 무안지역(務安地域)을 선택, 이 두 지역(地域)에서 가져온 유충(幼蟲)을 원광대학교(圓光大學校) 곤충학(昆蟲學) 실험실(實驗室)에 옮겨 월동(越冬)을 시켰다. (1) 우집단간(雨集團間) 성숙유충(成熟幼蟲)의 크기에는 차이(差異)가 인정(認定)되지 않았고, (2) 주광성(走光性)에 있어서는 무안집단(務安集團)이 구성집단(構成集團)보다 높은 조도(照度)와 온도(溫度)에 있어서 더 민감(敏感)한 반응(反應)을 보였다. (3) 우화량(羽化量)에 있어서는 무안집단(務安集團)이 구성집단(構成集團)의 그것에 비해서 3배(倍)가량 높았으며, (4) 우화기간(羽化其間)에도 차이(差異)가 인정(認定)되었다. (5) 충영형성율(蟲癭形成率)은 두 집단간(集團間)에 큰 차이(差異)가 없었다. (6) 성별우화수(性別羽化數)에 있어서는 두 집단(集團) 모두 자충(雌蟲)이 웅충(雄蟲)에 비해서 훨씬 더 높게 나타났다. (7) 솔잎혹파리 기생봉류(寄生蜂類)에 대한 관찰내용(觀察內容)이 설명(說明)되었고, (8) 두 집단(集團)의 이질성(異質性)의 일단(一端)이 밝혀진 것으로 사료(思料)된다.