THE FIRST DNA PHYLOGENY OF FOUR SPECIES OF MESOBUTHUS (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE) FROM EURASIA

Geographical Distribution of Two Species of Mesobuthus (scorpiones, Buthidae) in China: Insights from Systematic Field Surveys and Predictive Models

Although Mesobuthus scorpions in China have become endangered in recent years, they are largely underinvestigated. Even the baseline data on their distributions are lacking. Here the geographical distributions of two Mesobuthus scorpions in China are provided through a combined study of systematic field surveys and GIS-based ecological niche modeling using 227 surveyed point occurrence data acr...

Occasional Publications in Scorpiology Mesobuthus eupeus (C.L. Koch, 1839) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Turkey

The First Report of Tityus (scorpiones: Buthidae) in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela. a New Species

Tityus gonzalespongai n. sp. is a species endemic to the high mountains of Anzoátegui State, Venezuela. It is found between 1,600 and 2,200 m in “La Laguna” mountain. Its habitat includes the area of “Bosque Húmedo Montano Bajo” with the type of vegetation of “Bosque Ombrófilo Montano Siempreverde” (“Bosques Nublados Costeros” that includes the “Subpáramos Arbustivos”). It is distinguished from...

Evidence for recombination in scorpion mitochondrial DNA (Scorpiones: Buthidae).

There has been very little undisputed evidence for recombination in animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) provided so far. Previous unpublished results suggestive of mtDNA recombination in the scorpion family Buthidae, together with cytological evidence for a unique mechanism of mitochondrial fusion in that family, prompted us to investigate this group in more details. First, we sequenced the comple...

A New Species of the Genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northeast India