Table 2 Efficiency of entomopathogenic nematodes against houseflies
From: Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic nematodes to dipteran leaf miners, house flies and mushroom flies
Hosts | EPN spp. | Methods of treatment | Concentrations | % Mortality or LC 50 | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Family Muscidae | |||||
 A. Larvae | |||||
  Musca domestica Stomoxys calcitrans | Steinernema feltiae | Petri dishes | 6 conc. 50–500 IJs/larva | 0.0–58 0.0–41 | Mahmoud et al. (2007) |
  M. domestica | Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | Petri dishes (30 larvae/dish) | 6 conc | 37–100 | Bream et al. (2018) |
H. indica | 250–2500 IJs/ml | 40–100 | |||
S. glaseri |  | 47–97 | |||
S. carpocapsae |  | 40–90 | |||
  M. domestica | S. feltiae | Petri dishes | 7 conc. 50–3000 IJs/larva | LC50= 203 IJs/larva | Archana et al. (2017) |
S. glaseri | LC50 = 63 IJs/larva | ||||
S. abbasi | LC50= 309 IJs/larva | ||||
H. indica | LC50 = 29 IJs/larva | ||||
  S. calcitrans | H. bacteriophora | Petri dishes | 5 conc. 25–200 IJs/larva | 97% at all concentrations | Leal et al. (2017) |
H.baujard | 33–93% | ||||
 B. Pupae | |||||
  M. domestica (1–2 days old) S. calcitrans | S. feltiae | Containers with soil | 4 conc. 500–3000 IJs/cm2 |  − 12% 5 − 52% | Mahmoud et al. (2007) Archana et al. (2017) |
  M. domestica | S. feltiae S. glaseri | Petri dishes | 5000 IJs/pupa | 0.0 |  |
S. abbasi | 0.0 | ||||
S. carpocapsae | 0.0 | ||||
H. indica | 0.0 | ||||
  M. domestica | H. bacteriophora | Plastic cups. 10 pupae/cup | 6 conc. 250–2500 IJs/cup | 6.7–83% | Bream et al. (2018) |
H. indica | 26.7–70% | ||||
S. glaseri | 10–70% | ||||
S. carpocapsae | 0.0–70% | ||||
  S. calcitrans (3 days old) | H. bacteriophora | Petri dishes | 3 conc. (100–200 IJs/pupa) | 0.0 | Leal et al. (2017) |
2. Family sarcophagidae: larvae and pupae | |||||
 Parasarcophaga aegyptica larvae | Steinernema riobrave | Petri dishes | 4 conc. (500–4000 IJs/5 larvae) | 30–96% | El-Sadawy et al. (2006) |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | Petri dishes | 4 conc. (500–4000 IJs/5 larvae) | 26–86% | ||
 P. aegyptica Pupae (8 days old) | S. riobrave | Petri dishes | 4 conc. (500–4000 IJs/5 pupae) | 42–86% | |
H. bacteriophora | Petri dishes | 4 conc. (500–4000 IJs/5 larvae) | 30–70% | ||
3. Family calliphoridae larvae and pupae | |||||
 Calliphora vicina larvae | Steinernema feltiae | Petri dishes | 6 conc. (50–500 IJs/ml/larva | 0.0–66% | Mahmoud et al. (2007) |
 Lucilia sericata larvae | 16–100% | ||||
 C. vicina (1–2 days old) pupae) | S. feltiae | Petri dishes | 4 conc. (500–3000 IJs/cm2/5Pupae) | 0.0–17% | |
 L. sericata (1–2 days old) pupae | 4 conc. (500–3000 IJs/cm2/5Pupae) | 7–70% | |||