Insecticide resistance in Anopheles sacharovi Favre in southern Turkey

We report the resistance to 12 insecticides of specimens of Anopheles sacha rovi, both in laboratory cultures and those collected in the malarious area s of Adana, Adiyaman, Antalya, Aydin, and Mugla in southern Turkey. Mortali ty was higher 24 h after exposure than immediately after exposure but was u naffected by temperature (24 degrees C or 29 degrees C) or the position of the test kit (horizontal or vertical). In Adana, Adiyaman and Antalya, A. s acharovi was susceptible only to malathion and pirimiphos-methyl, In Aydin it was susceptible to both these insecticides as well as to dieldrin, lambd a-cyhalothrin, and etofenprox; and in Mugla it was susceptible to dieldrin, fenitrothion, lambda-cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin and etofenprox, as well as to malathion and pirimiphos-methyl.