• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2018

Megaselia scalaris, also known as the scuttle fly, has a humpbacked morphology and was categorized as an insect undergoing complete metamorphosis. Megaselia scalaris was reported to be found in diverse environments. Recently, the scuttle fly has been a focus of studies by forensic scientists, geneticists, and developmental biologists. However, detailed research into scuttle fly development is still unclear. Therefore, the current study has been performed to elucidate the development of Megaselia scalaris. The scuttle fly undergoes four distinct stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult fly. After mating, the scuttle fly eggs hatch within one day and become larvae. The newly generated larvae go through 1, 2, and 3 instar stages within a period of 5~10 days. The instar stage 1 takes 1~2 days, instar stage 2 takes 1~2 days, and instar stage 3 takes 3~5 days. Depending on the environmental temperature, the pupae stage takes approximately 10~15 days to complete. The pupa stage can be divided into five sub-stages: 1~3 days, 4~6 days, 7~9 days, 10~12 days and 13~15 days. After molting, the newly formed adult scuttle fly can fly after one day. The morphological characteristics of the scuttle fly during each stage of development was detailed within this study.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2020

Scuttle fly which moves abruptly after standing for a while and stop suddenly to rush off again, is a fly species in the Phoridae family. This species like rotten organic materials and it is known to proliferate even in the industrial materials including organic solvents. These characteristic behaviors of the scuttle fly seem to be related to muscular and nervous system or neurotransmitters. Thus, we focused at the neurotransmitter, corazonin (Crz) that is known to be related to resistance to stress and investigated the developmental process of the neurons in the scuttle fly. Corazonin is a neuropeptide being expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) and is known to control mainly physiological functions and behaviors. Its many functions that have been proposed are still in controversy. In this studies, we found that there are three groups of corazoninergic neurons in the larval CNS of the scuttle fly and these neurons undergo distinguishable changes through metamorphic process compared to different fly species. Larva has 3 pairs of Crz neurons at the dorsolateral area of the brain, 1 pair at the dorsomedial brain and 8 pairs at the ventral nerve cord.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.239-247
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• 2021

The scuttle fly is a fly species in the Phoridae family. Scuttle fly which moves abruptly after standing for a while and stop suddenly to rush off again. These characteristic behaviors of the scuttle fly seem to be related to muscular and nervous system or neurotransmitters. Thus, we focused at the neurotransmitter, corazonin (Crz) that is known to be related to resistance to stress and investigated the developmental process of the neurons in the scuttle fly. In a previous studies, we found that there are three groups of corazoninergic neurons in the larval CNS of the scuttle. Larva has 3 pairs of Crz neurons at the dorsolateral area of the brain, 1 pair at the dorsomedial brain and 8 pairs at the ventral nerve cord. In this studies, among these neurons, 1 pair of dorsomedial brain and 8 pairs of ventral nerve cord disappear in early pupal stage after metamorphosis. Only the 3 pairs of dorsolateral brain persist expression of Crz gene through all the period of pupa stage. This group of neurons converge gradually to frontal center of the brain and situated at the medial region. These pairs of corazoninergic neurons keep their number and location in adult stage. In the future, we expect further studies on the histological characteristics of corazonin-expressing cells and the expression of corazonin gene.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.330-335
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• 2023

The corazonin (Crz) gene showed two subtypes of different length at laval and pupal stage. The long subtype fade out in adult central nerve system (CNS) but the short one survive through all the life cycle from larva to adult. The short subtype has the same base sequences with mature Crz mRNA and detected in both brain and ventral nerve cord (VNC). The long one, on the contrary, was detected only in the brain tissue. As observed in above results, Crz neurons develop in different pattern in the CNS of scuttle fly and the Crz gene expresses two different subtypes. These results suggest that this neurotransmitter may perform differential neurophysiological functions in the scuttle fly. Variation in the amino acid composition of the final active undecapeptide supports in strong those possibilities. We expect further studies on the relationship between neurophysiological functions of Crz and behavioral characteristics of the scuttle fly.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.290-297
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• 2022

Through previous studies, the central nervous system (CNS) was collected by dividing the scuttle fly into larval, pupa, and adult stages by developmental stage, and the morphological characteristics were observed. In situ hybridization (ISH) using the collected central nervous system, it was possible to confirm the location and extent of expression of the neurotransmitter corazonin (Crz) at each stage of development. In this study, paraffin specimens were prepared using central nervous system tissues of 3rd instar larval stage of scuttle fly, which had completed in situ hybridization, and general histochemical staining (hematoxylin-eosin, H-E) and special histochemical staining (luxol fast blue-cresyl violet) was performed to observe the histological and cytological morphology characteristics of corazonin neurons. As a result, a variety of nerve cell body existed between many myelin sheath. The corazonin neurons compose cortex of central nervous system with other neurons congregating in this tissue and show larger cell body relatively in neurohistochemical analysis.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.284-288
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• 2018

Scuttle fly의 중추신경계는 알 시기와 애벌레 1령 시기는 애벌레의 크기가 너무 작아서 중추신경계를 분리하기 곤란하여 채취하지 못하여 형태를 관찰할 수 없었고, 애벌레 시기 2령(instar) 2~3일은 윗부분의 뇌가 좌측과 우측으로 분리되어 있었고 아래 부분에는 식도하신경절에 의해 복신경색이 "ㄴ"자 모양으로 연결되어 있었다. 애벌레 3령 3~5일은 2령에 비해 중추신경계가 약간 커져 있는 것을 제외하고는 동일한 특성을 가지고 있었다. 번데기 시기에는 중추신경계가 앞쪽 머리에 위치하고 있었고, 번데기 1~3일에는 애벌레 3령 시기의 모양과 형태가 거의 비슷했으며, 번데기 4~6일에는 좌측과 우측으로 분리되어 있었던 뇌 조직이 점점 밀착되어 합쳐져 있었으며 가장자리에 자리 잡은 시엽도 점점 발생하여 완성된 형태로 만들어지고 있었다. 번데기 7~9일에는 시엽 가장자리에 안구 색소(eyeball pigment)가 관찰되었고 식도하신경절이 뇌 조직과 결합되면서 복신경색 조직과 분리되기 시작하고 신경섬유(nerve fiber)도 많이 증가되고 있었다. 번데기 10~12일에는 중추신경계의 뇌와 복신경색이 뚜렷하게 분리되었고 시엽의 안구 색소도 진한 갈색으로 뚜렷이 관찰되었다. 번데기 13~15일에는 분리된 뇌와 복신경색 조직이 가느다란 신경섬유에 의해 겨우 연결되어 있었고 복신경색 조직도 위와 아래로 두 개로 분리되기 시작하였고 무수히 많은 신경섬유가 생성되어 있었다. 그리고 성충 시기에는 번데기 13~15일 시기와 거의 비슷한 특징을 가지고 있고, 특히 중추신경계 조직인 머리 부분의 뇌 조직과 가슴 앞쪽 부분의 복신경색 조직이 위치해 있는 것을 관찰하였다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2020

Three species of the genus Dohrniphora, viz., D. cornuta, D. malaysiae, and D. prescherweberae were newly recorded from Korea. These newly recorded species can be easily identified by the characteristic that inner face of male hind femur equipped with a group of peg-like stout setae on basal sensory area. Peg-like setae are arranged perpendicularly in D. cornuta whereas linear in D. malaysiae and somewhat arched in D. prescherweberae. Also, concave area near the peg-like setae is also well developed in male which is smooth in D. cornuta, on the other hand, there is well developed distal carina in D. malaysiae and with groups of microtrichia in D. prescherweberae. In this study, detailed descriptions with photographs of three newly recorded species and a key to males of all Korean Dohrniphora species are provided.