22 December, 2022

Common toxin components among different Tityus species in the Amazon region may lead to a common therapeutic strategy

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  Scorpionism is a major problem in many parts of the world, and for the Amazon Region in South America several Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836 spe...
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Paruroctonus marksi is most active when it is warm and humid

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  Scorpion surface activity is influenced by several factors, both biotic (e.g. prey or mate availability or predator risk) and abiotic (e.g...

A new species of Hottentotta from Iran

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  Mohammad Moradi and co-workers have recently described a new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (Buthidae) from Khuzestan Province in Ir...
07 December, 2022

Scorpion mimicry observed in a Brazilian gecko

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  Avoid being killed and eaten is one of the central tasks for most animals. There is a host of anti-predator strategies around and one popu...
05 December, 2022

A new species of Tarsoporosus from the Colombian Caribbean region

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  Edwin Bedoya-Roqueme and André F.A. Lira have described a new species of Tarsoporosus Francke, 1978 (Diplocentridae) from the Colombian C...
02 December, 2022

A new species of Scorpiops from China

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  Heyu Lv and Zhiyong Di have studied new materials of Scorpiops Peters, 1861 (Scorpiopidae) from China and have published a few taxonomica...
28 November, 2022

Examples of intraguild predation in scorpions

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  Scorpions prey on a diveresity of different preys including members of their own order. In addtion, several scorpion species live in the s...