title: Photosensitization of Eretmapodites quinquevittatus Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) eggs and larvae with Photofrin II.
abstract: The susceptibility of Eretmapodites quinquevittatus eggs and larvae to photosensitization with Photofrin II (PII) was determined. Hatching rates of eggs (5 min to 2 h after oviposition with no PII exposure) exposed to solutions of PII (90 micrograms/ml) in the dark for 12 h, before photoirradiation for 72 h. were very similar to those of untreated controls (P > 0.05). Hatching rates of eggs (5 min after oviposition with no PII exposure) exposed to PII (90 micrograms/ml) and photoirradiated simultaneously for 72 h were significantly lower than for untreated controls (P < 0.05). Permeability of the egg to PII diminishes as the eggs age and the serosal cuticle becomes mature. Eretmapodites quinquevittatus larvae were killed after exposure to PII (90 micrograms/ml) that had been previously photoirradiated for 1-11 days. The effect was age and size related. First-instar to early 3rd-instar larvae were killed when exposed to PII (90 micrograms/ml) with no photoirradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7388, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Helleck
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hartberg
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Baldridge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva; D008027:Light; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether