Resistance to Pyrethroids and DDT in a Field-Mixed Population of Argentinean Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1243-1245

  Montagna, Cristina M ^a   Anguiano, Olga L ^a   Gauna, Lidia E ^a   Pechen De D'Angelo, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

DDT; Pyrethroids; Resistance; Simulium bonaerense; Simulium wolffhuegeli

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0242573672     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.6.1243     Document Type: Article

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