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Insect- and vertebrate-selective neurotoxins from Australian urodacid and buthid scorpion venoms : lead compounds for novel biopesticides [PDF]
University of Technology, Sydney. Department of Health Sciences.Scorpions from nine species were collected from locations across Australia comprising four Lychas (Buthidae), four Urodacus (Urodacidae) and one Cercophonius (Bothriuridae) .
Wilson, HL
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The molecular phylogenetic relationship among two species of genus Leiurus, from Saudi Arabia with additional comparative sequence data available from Egypt, Oman and Turkey is presented.
A. Alqahtani, A. Badry
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ABSTRACT Spiders are a hyperdiverse taxon and among the most abundant predators in nearly all terrestrial habitats. Their success is often attributed to key developments in their evolution such as silk and venom production and major apomorphies such as a whole‐genome duplication.
Yannis Schöneberg +11 more
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The locomotory rhythmic activity in scorpions: with a review [PDF]
Locomotory rhythmic behavior is entrained by the change between photophase and skotophase and to some extent by thermal conditions. In many species studied most activity takes place during early night hours.
Michael R. Warburg
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Ecuador harbors one of the most diverse Neotropical scorpion faunas, hereby updated to 47 species contained within eight genera and five families, which inhabits the “Costa” (n= 17), “Sierra” (n= 34), “Oriente” (n= 16) and “Insular” (n= 2 ...
Gabriel Brito, Adolfo Borges
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Neotropical club-tailed scorpions. [PDF]
134 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.The Neotropical "club-tailed" scorpions of the genus Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876, and two related genera in family Buthidae C.L.
Esposito, Lauren A. +4 more
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpionism in Shiraz (2012-2016); development of a clinical severity grading for Iranian scorpion envenomation [PDF]
Background: Scorpionism is a public health problem in some provinces in Iran. The present study aimed to assess the clinical manifestations of scorpion envenomation in Shiraz and determine a clinical severity grading for Iranian scorpion envenomation in ...
Dehghani, R. +2 more
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Urban landscapes restrain the distribution of forest‐dwelling species. Urban forests can support scorpion assemblages. However, there is a turnover in specialist forest species for opportunistic species Abstract Urban landscapes restrain the distribution of forest‐dwelling species, which may be related to challenging conditions that impair body ...
Matheus Leonydas Borba Feitosa +5 more
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Genetic Diversity of Hottentotta sp. Scorpions (Scorpionidae: Buthidae) in Khuzestan, Iran.
The genus of Hottentotta sp. scorpion is one of the few medically important scorpions in Iran. This study assessed the genetic relationship analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COXI) and 12sRNA genes and morphometric parameters among the population of Hottentotta sp in Khuzestan.
Pirmoradi, saeed +2 more
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A Review of Scorpions Reported in Iran
Background and purpose: Scorpions have always received attention in Iran because of their frequency and venom. In the past 50 years many aspects of scorpion biology have been studied in Iran, including venom.
Farzad Motevalli Haghi +1 more
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