Oral Toxicity of Fipronil Insecticide Against the Stingless Bee Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811)

dc.contributor.authorLourenco, Clara Tavares
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Stephan Malfitano
dc.contributor.authorMalaspina, Osmar
dc.contributor.authorFerreira Nocelli, Roberta Cornelio
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:55:42Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:55:42Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-01
dc.description.abstractFor a better evaluation of the model using Apis mellifera in toxicology studies with insecticides, the oral acute toxicity of the insecticide fipronil against the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris was determined. The results showed that fipronil was highly toxic to M. scutellaris, with a calculated LC50 (48 h) value of 0.011 ng a.i./mu L of sucrose solution and an estimated oral LD50 (48 h) of 0.6 ng a.i./bee. Our results showed that M. scutellaris bee is more sensitive to fipronil than the model specie A. mellifera.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Ctr Ciencias Agr CCA, BR-13600970 Araras, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais CEIS, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais CEIS, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.format.extent921-924
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0773-x
dc.identifier.citationBulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. New York: Springer, v. 89, n. 4, p. 921-924, 2012.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00128-012-0773-x
dc.identifier.issn0007-4861
dc.identifier.lattes7538556085505819
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1650-257X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/19945
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000308551500043
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofBulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.480
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,533
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectUrucu beeen
dc.subjectEcotoxicologyen
dc.subjectPesticideen
dc.subjectLC50en
dc.titleOral Toxicity of Fipronil Insecticide Against the Stingless Bee Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access?SGWID=0-169302-12-467999-0
dcterms.rightsHolderSpringer
unesp.author.lattes7538556085505819[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-1650-257X[3]

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