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Acta Zoologica Mexicana, 2022 Se describe Centruroides baldazoi sp. nov. con base en una población de alacranes de la costa del estado de Sinaloa, México. La nueva especie se ubica en los alacranes “rayados” (sensu Hoffmann, 1932) y el subgrupo “infamatus” de acuerdo con Ponce ...
J. Ponce-Saavedra +2 more
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Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2022 . The first record of Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yağmur, Koç & Kunt, 2009 for Lebanon is presented, collected in the East Bekaa province. This is the second Leiurus species reported for this country. The medical importance of L.
A. Borges, E. Yağmur
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New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 A new species of scorpion is described based on a rare entire adult male preserved in a cloudy amber from Miocene rocks in the Chiapas Highlands, south of Mexico.
Francisco Riquelme +7 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background: Scorpions are arachnids that have a generalist diet, which use venom to subdue their prey. The study of their trophic ecology and capture behavior is still limited compared to other organisms, and aspects such as trophic specialization in ...
Alejandra Arroyave-Muñoz +3 more
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Scorpions from Mexico: From Species Diversity to Venom Complexity
Toxins, 2015 Scorpions are among the oldest terrestrial arthropods, which are distributed worldwide, except for Antarctica and some Pacific islands. Scorpion envenomation represents a public health problem in several parts of the world.
Carlos E. Santibáñez-López +3 more
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Evidence for recombination in scorpion mitochondrial DNA (Scorpiones: Buthidae) [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2005 There has been very little undisputed evidence for recombination in animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) provided so far. Previous unpublished results suggestive of mtDNA recombination in the scorpion family Buthidae, together with cytological evidence for a unique mechanism of mitochondrial fusion in that family, prompted us to investigate this group in ...
Benjamin, Gantenbein +3 more
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Transcriptome analysis of scorpion species belonging to the Vaejovis genus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Scorpions belonging to the Buthidae family have traditionally drawn much of the biochemist's attention due to the strong toxicity of their venoms. Scorpions not toxic to mammals, however, also have complex venoms.
Verónica Quintero-Hernández +6 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Striped scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) was assembled from Illumina-based whole genome sequencing.
Tsunemi Yamashita +2 more
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2021 Scorpions of the genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837), commonly known as “sand scorpions,” are widespread in the sandy deserts of the Palearctic, from West Africa to India.
Shlomo Cain, E. Gefen, L. Prendini
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012 En Venezuela, la escorpiofauna consta de 17 géneros y 202 especies. En algunos grupos la taxonomía no ha sido aclarada; por lo tanto, son necesarias investigaciones adicionales que contribuyan a mejorar el conocimiento sobre la identidad taxonómica y ...
Walter Y. Bechara, Jonathan Liria
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