S. N. Tikar, M.J. Mendki, A. K. Sharma, D. Sukumaran, Vijay Veer, Shri Prakash, B. D. Parashar
Journal of Insect Science 11 (85), 1-10, (1 July 2011) https://doi.org/10.1673/031.011.8501
KEYWORDS: insecticide, toxicity, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Anopheles
Susceptibility studies of malaria vectors Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae) and An. subpictus Grassi collected during 2004–2007 from various locations of Arid and Semi-Arid Zone of India were conducted by adulticide bioassay of DDT, malathion, deltamethrin and larvicide bioassay of fenthion, temephos, chlorpyriphos and malathion using diagnostic doses. Both species from all locations exhibited variable resistance to DDT and malathion from majority of location. Adults of both the species were susceptible to Deltamethrin. Larvae of both the Anopheline species showed some evidence of resistance to chlorpyriphos followed by fenthion whereas susceptible to temephos and malathion.