02 September, 2013

First aid guide to spider bites & scorpion stings in South Africa

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I just got a copy of Jonathan Leeming's nice First aid guide to spider bites & scorpion stings. This is a small field guide inform...
28 August, 2013

A new Tityus from Martinique, Lesser Antilles

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Wilson Lourenco has recently published a paper describing a new species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 (Buthidae) from the island of Martinique...
02 August, 2013

Scorpionism in Iran

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Previously this year two papers on scorpionism in Iran have been published. The most medical important species are Hemiscorpius lepturus (P...
01 August, 2013

First record of a cave species of Euscorpiops from Viet Nam

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Wilson Lourenco and Dinh-Sac Pham have recently published the findings of a cave dwelling species of Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 (Euscorpiidae...
31 July, 2013

The history of scorpion antivenom in North America

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Leslie Boyer has written a very interesting article on the history of scorpion antivenom. The paper's main focus is North America, but m...
26 July, 2013

Tityus tenuicauda in Venezuela: Taxonomy, distribution and a synonymization

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Pablo Cornejo-Escobar and co-workers have recently published a paper on the taxonomical- and distributional status of Tityus tenuicauda Pre...
25 July, 2013

More knowledge about the scorpion fauna of Madagascar

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Madagascar is a hotspot when it comes to scorpion biodiversity and professor Wilson Lourenco is the leading expert on the blooming scorpion ...