Scorpionism is a serious public health problem in various regions of the world. In Brazil, a
high number of accidents by scorpions have been reported. From 2014 to 2018, about …

In the present study, comments are proposed on historical aspects of the most conspicuous
scorpion species of the genus Tityus found in Brazil. Both Tityus bahiensis (Perty) and Tityus …

The aim of this contribution is to bring general information on the classification and in
particular on the specific identification of scorpion species dangerous to humans. Several …

Abstract The Brazilian scorpion Tityus melici, native to Minas Gerais and Bahia, is
morphologically related to Tityus serrulatus, the most medically significant species in Brazil …

A dated molecular phylogeny of the southernmost American species of the family Buthidae,
based on two nuclear and two mitochondrial genes, is presented. Based on this study …

Current predictions about the responses of species to climate change strongly rely on
projecting altered environmental conditions on their distributions. In this study, we …

Scorpionism is a global health concern, with an estimation of over one million annual
envenomation cases. Despite this, little is known regarding the drivers of scorpion venom …

Background Holocentric chromosomes occur in approximately 750 species of eukaryotes.
Among them, the genus Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) has a labile karyotype that shows …

In this study, we investigated the mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of 11 Buthidae scorpion
species, belonging to three genera (Ananteris, Rhopalurus and Tityus), to obtain detailed …

We provide a mitochondrial DNA-based phylogenetic hypothesis for 21 Tityus species
collected in Venezuela, Trinidad, Brazil and Panama, including 12 taxa known to be toxic to …