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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culicoides furens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera ceratopogonidae biting midge MED human, livestock

Active Ingredient: lindane

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 58-89-9 Shaugnessy Code: 9001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1388 1968 Field Evolved Resistance
Puerto Rico Fox, I., Rivera, G. A. and Umpierre, C. C. (1968). Toxicity of various insecticides to Culicoides furens larvae in Puerto Rico.. Mosq. News, 28 68-71.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.