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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: imidacloprid

MOA: Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor agonists / antagonists, Neonicotinoids
Group: NICO CAS #: 138261-41-3 Shaugnessy Code: 129099

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G20161 2019 Field Evolved Resistance
Pakistan--
Lahore
Khan, H. A A. (2019). Characterization of permethrin resistance in a Musca domestica strain: resistance development, cross-resistance potential and realized heritability. Pest Managment Science, Early View.
G16071 2014 Field Evolved Resistance
Pakistan--
Punjab--
Lahore
Khan, H.A.A., Akram, W., Ali Shad, S. (2014). Genetics, cross-resistance and mechanism of resistance to spinosad in a field strain of Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae). Acta Tropica, 130 148-154.
G16130 2014
Lab selected*

Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA--
Florida
Kavi, L.A.K., Kaufman, P., Scott, J. (2014). Genetics and mechanisms of imidacloprid resistance in house flies. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 109 64-69.
G16712 2014 Field Evolved Resistance
Pakistan--
Punjab--
Multan District
Abbas, N., Khan, H., and Ali Shad, S. (2014). Cross-Resistance, stability, and fitness cost of resistance to imidacloprid in Musca domestica L., (Diptera: Muscidae). Parasitology Research.
G16714 2014
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Pakistan--
Punjab--
Multan District
Abbas, N., Khan, H., and Ali Shad, S. (2014). Cross-Resistance, stability, and fitness cost of resistance to imidacloprid in Musca domestica L., (Diptera: Muscidae). Parasitology Research.
G10558 2010 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Florida--
Gilchrist, Lafayette, Okeechobee, Alachua
Kaufman, P.E., Nunez, S.C., Geden, C.J., Scharf, M.E. (2010). Selection for Resistance to Imidacloprid in the House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae). Veterinary Entomology, 103 1937-1942.
G10079 2010 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Florida--
Lafayette
Kaufman, P.E., Nunez, S.C., Mann, R.S., Geden, C.J., Scharf, M.E. (2010). Nicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticide resistance in houseflies (Diptera: Muscidae) collected from Florida Dairies. Pest Management Science, 66 290-294.
G13701 2012
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

China--
Beijing
Li, J., Wang, Q., Zhang, L., Gao, X. (2012). Characterization of imidacloprid resistance in the housefly Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 102 109-114.
G6463 2000 Unspecified
USA--
Alabama
Liu, N. and X. Yue. (2000). Insecticide resistance and cross-resistance in the house fly (Diptera: Muscidae). J. Econ. Entomol., 93(4) 1269-1275.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.