03 February, 2026

Pregnant woman stung by Parabuthus maximus in Kenya

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  I usually do not blog all scorpion envenomation reports, but I found this one of special interest as the victim was a pregnant women and t...
30 January, 2026

Two papers on the venom and venom effect of Tityus species in Brazil

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  As most of you know, there are several medical important scorpions in the Genus Tityus  C. L. Koch, 1836 (Buthidae) in Brazil and other co...
28 January, 2026

Microbiota discovered in the venom of two scorpion species

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  There is a great research interest in scorpion venom these days, especially the hunt for toxins and other elements that can be used in med...
21 January, 2026

Melanism in two buthid species from Saudi Arabia

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  Body coloration is important for many animals and is assumed to play a part in part in camouflage, thermoregulation, protection against UV...
20 January, 2026

New data on the distribution of Buthiscus bicalcaratus in Algeria

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   Zineb Souilem and co-workers have recently published an article presenting new distribution records and range extension for the Saharan s...
13 January, 2026

A redescription of Buthacus ahaggar from Algeria

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  Ersen Yagmur and co-workers have recently published a redescription of Buthacus ahaggar  Lourenço, Kourim & Sadine, 2017 (Buthidae) fr...

New study on the genus Auyantepuia and two new species from French Guiana

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  16.01.26: New species names are updated with correct year.    The status of the genus  Auyantepuia (Gonzalez-Sponga, 1978) (Chactidae) is...