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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: musca domestica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera muscidae house fly MED

Active Ingredient: fenitrothion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 122145 Shaugnessy Code: 105901

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G21493 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G22391 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22390 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22389 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22388 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22387 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22386 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22385 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G22383 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., & Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity.. Insects, 13.
G21495 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G21492 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G21491 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G21490 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G21489 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G21488 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
G15438 2013
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Turkey--
Gaziantep
Kuyucu, C. A., and Çağlar, S. S. (2013). Effects of artificial migration of susceptible individuals on resistance and fitness of a fenitrothion-resistant strain of Musca domestica (L.) Diptera. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37 601-609.
G15437 2013
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Turkey--
Gaziantep
Kuyucu, C. A., and Çağlar, S. S. (2013). Effects of artificial migration of susceptible individuals on resistance and fitness of a fenitrothion-resistant strain of Musca domestica (L.) Diptera. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37 601-609.
G15436 2013
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Turkey--
Gaziantep
Kuyucu, C. A., and Çağlar, S. S. (2013). Effects of artificial migration of susceptible individuals on resistance and fitness of a fenitrothion-resistant strain of Musca domestica (L.) Diptera. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37 601-609.
G5729 1996 Unspecified
Germany Pospischil, R., K. Szomm, M. Londershausen, I. Schroder, A. Turberg, and R. Fuchs. (1996). Multiple Resistance in the Larger House Fly musca domestica in Germany. Pesticide Resistance, 48 333-341.
G5345 1991 Unspecified
Denmark Siato, K., N. Motoyama, and W.C. Dauterman. (1991). Studies on the Resistance to Various Insecticides of a House Fly Strain (Diptera: Muscidae) Selected with Azamethiphos. Journal of Economic Entomology, 84(6) 1635-1637.
G21494 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Saudi Arabia Abobakr, Y., Al-Hussein, F. I., Bayoumi, A. E., Alzabib, A. A., and Al-Sarar, A. S. (2022). Organophosphate Insecticides Resistance in Field Populations of House Flies, Musca domestica L.: Levels of Resistance and Acetylcholinesterase Activity. . Insects, 13.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.