J 2024

Sensitivity of spiders from different ecosystems to lambda-cyhalothrin: effects of phylogeny and climate

DUQUE, Tomas, Sumaiya CHOWDHURY, Marco ISAIA, Stanislav PEKÁR, Kai RIESS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Sensitivity of spiders from different ecosystems to lambda-cyhalothrin: effects of phylogeny and climate

Authors

DUQUE, Tomas (guarantor), Sumaiya CHOWDHURY, Marco ISAIA, Stanislav PEKÁR (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Kai RIESS, Gregor SCHERF, Ralf B. SCHAEFER and Martin H. ENTLING

Edition

Pest Management Science, Chichester, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, 2024, 1526-498X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10616 Entomology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.100 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

001093171600001

Keywords in English

spiders; acute toxicity; species sensitivity distributions; lambda-cyhalothrin

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 29/1/2024 15:07, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

BACKGROUNDIn spite of their importance as arthropod predators, spiders have received little attention in the risk assessment of pesticides. In addition, research has mainly focused on a few species commonly found in agricultural habitats. Spiders living in more natural ecosystems may also be exposed to and affected by pesticides, including insecticides. However, their sensitivity and factors driving possible variations in sensitivity between spider taxa are largely unknown. To fill this gap, we quantified the sensitivity of 28 spider species from a wide range of European ecosystems to lambda-cyhalothrin in an acute exposure scenario.RESULTSSensitivity varied among the tested populations by a factor of 30. Strong differences in sensitivity were observed between families, but also between genera within the Lycosidae. Apart from the variation explained by the phylogeny, spiders from boreal and polar climates were more sensitive than spiders from warmer areas. Overall, the median lethal concentration (LC50) of 85% of species was below the recommended application rate of lambda-cyhalothrin (75 ng a.i. cm-2).CONCLUSIONOur study underlines the high sensitivity of spiders to lambda-cyhalothrin, which can lead to unintended negative effects on pest suppression in areas treated with this insecticide. The strong differences observed between families and genera indicate that the functional composition of spider communities would change in affected areas. Overall, the variation in spider sensitivity suggests that multispecies investigations should be more widely considered in pesticide risk assessment. (c) 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.