Preliminary assays indicate that Antonia ovata (Loganiaceae) and Derris amazonica (Papilionaceae), ichthyotoxic plants used for fishing in Roraima, Brazil, have an insecticide effect on Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Preliminary assays indicate that Antonia ovata (Loganiaceae) and Derris amazonica (Papilionaceae), ichthyotoxic plants used for fishing in Roraima, Brazil, have an insecticide effect on Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Laboratory-reared Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva 1912) was tested with extracts of two ichthyotoxic plants, known as timbós, used as fishing poison in the Amazon. Phlebotomines, L. longipalpis, and plants, Antonia ovata and Derris amazonica, were collected in the Raposa-Serra do Sol Indian Re...

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Main Authors: José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Eloy Guillermo Castellón Bermudez, Arnaldo Felisberto Imbiriba da Rocha, Pantelis Tsouris, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
ichthyotoxic extract
timbó
natural insecticides
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Derris amazonica
Antonia ovata
Roraima
Brazil
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