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Side-effects of cypermethrin, permethrin, and deltamethrin applications for the control of tsetse flies were studied in a sleeping sickness focus near Bouaflé, Ivory Coast (West Africa). The insecticides were applied by ground-spray on the surrounding vegetation of three villages. Each village was treated with one pyrethroid. Effects on the non-target arthropod fauna were observed by means of regular and multiple sampling before and after treatment in the sprayed villages and in an untreated control village. Malaise traps and pitfall traps were used. Apparently, the three pyrethroids had markedly different side-effects. The spiderAporoptychus lamottei, however, appeared to be affected by all treatments. This species is therefore considered as an indicator for side-effects of pyrethroids used under the given circumstances. In all affected taxa, except in the proctotrupoid genusCremastobaeus, recovery was observed within two months.Muscidae were markedly affected by deltamethrin. The selectivity of this insecticide for tsetse control is discussed.
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Everts, J.W., Kortenhoff, B.A., Hoogland, H. et al. Effects on non-target terrestrial arthropods of synthetic pyrethroids used for the control of the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) in settlement areas of the Southern Ivory Coast, Africa. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 14, 641–650 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01055770
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