Effects of an ecdysteroid analog (RH-0345)‎ on the ovarian and testicular components of eupolybothrus nudicornis (myriapoda : chilopoda)‎

Abstract EN

We studied the effects of one ecdysteroid analog (RH-0345) on the ovarian and testicular components of the centipede Eupolybothrus nudicornis used as a model of predators of soil fauna.

The injection of 10 μg of RH-0345 significantly reduced protein, lipid and carbohydrate concentrations in both the ovarian tissue of females and testicular tissue of males collected in spring or autumn.

In consequence, this study shows that ecdysteroid analog pesticides can affect the reproduction of other arthropods than insects by modifying the level of metabolites in male and female gonads.