Acute Toxicity of Fipronil to the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona postica Latreille

Autor(es)

Oliveira Jacob, Cynthia Renata ^[1] ; Soares, Hellen Maria ^[1] ; Carvalho, Stephan Malfitano ^[1] ; Ferreira Nocelli, Roberta Cornelio ^[2] ; Malaspina, Osmar ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, Dept Biol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Ctr Ciencias Agr, BR-13600970 Araras, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; v. 90, n. 1, p. 69-72, JAN 2013.
• Citações Web of Science: 14

Resumo

Fipronil is an insecticide widely used to control a great number of pests, thus the aim of this study was to determine the lethal dose and lethal concentration (LD50 and LC50) of this insecticide to the stingless bees Scaptotrigona postica Latreille, 1807. The LD50 and LC50 values obtained after 24 h of exposition were of 0.54 ng a.i./bee and 0.24 ng a.i./mu L diet, respectively. These values were considered highly toxic to stingless bees. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 10/03723-5 - Efeitos do inseticida fipronil sobre os corpos pedunculados de operárias de Scaptotrigona postica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
• Beneficiário: Cynthia Renata de Oliveira Jacob
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado