Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: drosophila simulans

Order	Family	Common Name(s)	Group	Host
diptera	drosophilidae	fruit fly	AG

Active Ingredient: malathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP	CAS #: 121755	Shaugnessy Code: 57701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id	Year of Report	Type of Resistance	Location	Reference
G5599	1995	Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**	USA-- Florida	Windelspecht, M., R. C. Richmond, and B.J. Cochrane. (1995). Malathion Resistance Levels in Sympatric Populations of Drosophila simulans (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and D. melanogaster differ by two orders of Magnitude. Journal of Economic Entomology, 88(5) 1138-1143.

*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.