Schnitzerling_1983_Pest.Sci_14_64

Larvae of the Malchi and DDT-R pyrethroid-resistant strains of ticks, compared with larvae of the Yeerongpilly (susceptible) strain, exhibited knock-down resistance equally to (1 RS)-cis- and (1 RS)-trans-permethrin but little resistance to either (1 RS)-cis- or (1 RS)-trans-cypermethrin. Kill resistance was higher in Malchi than in DDT-R ticks and more pronounced against the permethrin isomers. The cis-isomers were more potent overall than the trans-isomers. Cypermethrin isomers penetrated more slowly than permethrin isomers, especially into Malchi larvae. Metabolic detoxication, mainly esteratic, was fastest in Malchi larvae, trans-isomers consistently being attacked faster than cis-isomers. The greatei resistance of Malchi ticks is therefore probably due to a combination of these two differences. Dual mechanisms of the toxic action of pyrethroids are discussed.