Marco Colombo has written a very interesting article on the french naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre and his contributions to the knowledge of the Languedoc Yellow Scorpion, Buthus occitanus (Amoreuxi, 1789).
Abstract:
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823–1915) has probably been one of the most important entomologists of the world in the last two centuries, leaving to posterity a huge amount of manuscripts and books. The Languedoc yellow scorpion, Buthus occitanus (Amoreaux, 1789), has been one of his objects of study: many of its behaviours, including the famous “promenade a deux”, have been described by the careful eye of the French entomologist, giving an interesting contribution to modern scorpiology.
Reference:
Colombo M. On Fabre's traces: an important contributor to the knowledge of Buthus occitanus (Amoreux, 1789). Euscorpius. 2011(117):1-10. [Free fulltext]
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10 August, 2011
Jean-Henri Fabre and Buthus occitanus
Keywords:
biogeography,
biology,
Buthidae,
Buthus,
Europe,
France,
popular work,
research history,
scorpion researcher,
Spain
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Hello everyone. In case you could be interested, here's an article -written in Catalan- about Buthus occitanus and the first naturalists which described it: https://unparlarllenguadocia.blogspot.com/2025/04/tarantules-al-besieres.html
Hello everyone,
In case you could be interested, here´s an article about B.occitanus and the first naturalists who studied it:
https://unparlarllenguadocia.blogspot.com/2025/04/tarantules-al-besieres.html
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