Mihir Joshi & Shubhankar Deshpande recently reported about a case of intraguild predation where an unknown species from the genus Orthochirus fed on a juvenile individual of Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius,1798) from Maharashtra, India (both from the family Buthidae).
This is an interesting observation as Hottentotta tamulus is known for its very potent venom, while Orthochirus scorpions the opposite.
Abstract:
We report an event of intraguild predation by Orthochirus sp. feeding on a juvenile individual of Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius,1798) from Maharashtra, India. This is the first report of intraguild predation among Indian scorpions.
Reference:
Joshi M, Deshpande S. A report of intraguild predation by Orthochirus sp. on Hottentotta tamulus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Maharashtra, India. Euscorpius. 2022;2022(366):1-3. [Open Access]
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