Synthetic Pyrethroid Resistance in Dipterans on the Example of the Housefly Musca Domestica (Review)

Abstract

This article presents scientific research on the resistance process forming in dipteran insects on the example of the housefly (Musca domestica), which occurs with synthetic pyrethroids, as well as methods to control the occurring resistance. Houseflies (Musca domestica) are insects of the order Diptera and one of the most resistant insect species to modern insecticides, and their natural populations may be insusceptible to all drugs used to control them. Pyrethroids are insecticides that are synthetic derivatives of natural pyrethrins. They are the most widely used group of insecticides today, and their use in agriculture is considered to be the most effective and least toxic in insect control. One of the main disadvantages of pyrethroids is considered to be insect resistance to modern insecticides. The main content of the study is the analysis of available scientific data on the resistance occurring in Dipterans with synthetic pyrethroids, and of the main directions in the control of such resistance. Scientific research was searched in domestic and foreign sources.