Biological effect of 1-dodecanol in teneral and post-teneral Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Gastón Mougabure Cueto²  Eduardo Zerba¹  María Inés Picollo² 

[1] ,Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e InsecticidasBuenos Aires,Argentina

关键词: Triatoma infestans;    Rhodnius prolixus;    dodecanol;    cuticle;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762005000100012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Topical application of 1-dodecanol was significantly more toxic against teneral first nymphs (1-3 h old) than post-teneral first nymphs (24 h old). The lethal dose ratios were 711,500 for Rhodnius prolixus and 3613 for Triatoma infestans. No significative difference between LD50 was found when 1-dodecanol was injected in recently hatched adult R. prolixus (1-4 h old) nor in older adults (24 h old). These values were similar to those calculated for deltamethrin (an effective triatomicide), showing that 1-dodecanol had no insecticidal properties when it was applied by injection. Topical application of high dose of 1-dodecanol (1 µg/i) on teneral first nymphs of R. prolixus, produced an interruption of the darkening process of the cuticle, and probably in the development of its physiological properties.

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