Identification of putative <i>kdr</i> mutations in the tropical bed bug, <i>Cimex hemipterus</i> (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Abstract

M918I and L1014F are considered to be probable kdr mutations and may play essential roles in kdr-type resistance to pyrethroids in C. hemipterus. Further studies are under way in the authors' laboratory to determine the non-kdr-type resistance mechanisms in C. hemipterus.