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Acidente por Rhopalurus agamemnon (Koch, 1839) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) Accident caused by Rhopalurus agamemnon (Koch, 1839) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2010
Acidentes escorpiônicos constituem um sério problema de saúde pública no Brasil. Rhopalurus agamemnon é um grande escorpião do bioma Cerrado, muito abundante em diversas localidades do Brasil Central.
Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Renata Dias Françoso   +1 more
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Dataset of PLA2 family identified from transcriptomic high-throughput sequencing of Androctonus crassicauda (Scorpionida: Buthidae) venom gland [PDF]

Data in Brief
Recently, RNA sequencing has been widely applied to deeply understand the molecular diversity of the venom compounds of various venomous animal species, including scorpions.
Fatemeh Salabi, Hedieh Jafari
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Scorpionism due to Tityus neoespartanus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Margarita Island, northeastern Venezuela Escorpionismo por Tityus neoespartanus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) na Ilha de Margarita, Nordeste da Venezuela [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
The first two cases of scorpion envenoming caused by Tityus neoespartanus (Buthidae) are described. The accidents took place within human environments (one inside a home and the other inside a school), in the village of La Sierra, Margarita Island, State
Leonardo De Sousa, Jenny Boadas, Demetrio Kiriakos, Adolfo Borges, Jesús Boadas, Jenny Marcano, Iván Turkali, Miguel De Los Ríos   +7 more
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Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes from Buthidae (Scorpiones): gene rearrangement and phylogenetic implications [PDF]

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
Scorpions, a diverse group of arachnids consisting of over 2,000 valid species, have received limited research attention in terms of their complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes). To increase the taxonomic sampling frequency of species available for
Wei Xu, Gaoji Zhang, Tangjun Xu, Ke He, Jiachen Wang, Zeyang Liu, Hongyi Liu   +6 more
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Chromosome diversity in Buthidae and Chactidae scorpions from Brazilian fauna: Diploid number and distribution of repetitive DNA sequences. [PDF]

Genet Mol Biol, 2023
In this work, we analyzed cytogenetically eight Chactidae and Buthidae, including the localization of repetitive DNA sequences. The chactids possess monocentric chromosomes and the highest diploid numbers (2n=50 in Brotheas amazonicus, 2n=36 in ...
Lima JF, Carvalho LS, Carvalho MA, Schneider MC.   +3 more
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First transcriptome analysis of the venom glands of the scorpion Hottentotta zagrosensis (Scorpions: Buthidae) with focus on venom lipolysis activating peptides. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol
Introduction Scorpion venom is a rich source of biological active peptides and proteins. Transcriptome analysis of the venom gland provides detailed insights about peptide and protein venom components.
Salabi F, Jafari H, Mahdavinia M, Azadnasab R, Shariati S, Baghal ML, Tebianian M, Baradaran M.   +7 more
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Beta Toxins Isolated from the Scorpion Centruroides hirsutipalpus (Scorpiones; Buthidae) Affect the Function of Sodium Channels of Mammals [PDF]

Toxins
Scorpion venom toxins are important peptides being studied for their clinical significance. These peptides act by binding to ion channels in the membrane of nerve cells, causing the symptoms associated with scorpion stings (scorpionism). They principally
Laura L. Valdez-Velazquez, Timoteo Olamendi-Portugal, Rita Restano-Cassulini, Lidia Riaño-Umbarila, Juana María Jiménez-Vargas, Fernando Zamudio, Hermenegildo Salazar-Monge, Baltazar Becerril, Lourival D. Possani   +8 more
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Purification and Molecular Characterization of a Mammalian Neurotoxin as a Pharmaceutical Tool from the Venom of Iranian Scorpion Androctonus crassicauda [PDF]

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Background: Venom of scorpions are complex bioactive polypeptides. To gain greater insights into the structural and functional impacts of toxins from Androctonus crassicauda (Buthidae), a dangerously venomous scorpion species, its venom was isolated ...
Hadi Rabiei, Abbas Zare Mirakabadi, Bita Mohtat, Behrooz Mirza   +3 more
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Nuevos casos de depredación entre gecos (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae) y escorpiones (Scorpiones: Buthidae) en Costa Rica y Nicaragua, con el primer registro de necrofagia en escorpiones

Revista Chilena de Entomología
Resumen. Se registra por primera vez la depredación del escorpión Centruroides bicolor (Pocock, 1898) (Buthidae) por el geco de cola de nabo Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) (Phyllodactylidae), y del geco Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril y Bibron ...
Alex M. Cubas-Rodríguez, Luis F. de Armas   +1 more
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New data on medically important scorpion species of Iran based on seven physiographic areas [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
There are 2612 and 80 scorpion species in the world and Iran, respectively. Iran is rich in climatic conditions and biodiversity. In this study, new data on scorpion fauna of different physiographic areas of Iran were obtained from various databases ...
Mulood Mohammadi Bavani, Nahid Jesri, Mahsa Sarvi, Shahin Saeedi, Abedin Saghafipour, Leila Shirani-Bidabadi   +5 more
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