Dehghani, R. and Djadid, N.D. and Shahbazzadeh, D. and Bigdelli, S. (2009) Introducing Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) scorpion as one of the major stinging scorpions in Khuzestan, Iran. Toxicon, 54 (3). pp. 272-275.
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Abstract
Khuzestan province has the highest rate of scorpion sting in Iran. This is a study to identify these scorpions in Khuzestan. In this study 418 scorpions were kept in the ethyl alcohol 70, each being studied by stereomicroscopy and diagnosis key separately. 120 (28.7) Androctonus crassicauda, 104 (24.9) Hemiscorpius lepturus, 91 (21.7) Mesobuthus eupeus, 86 (20.65) Compsobuthus matthiesseni, 14 (3.35) Hottentotta saulcyi, 2 (0.5) Orthochirus scrobiculosus and 1 (0.25) Hottentotta schach were identified. H. lepturus is in the Hemiscorpiidae family and the rest are in Buthidae. C. matthiesseni is the most frequent and O. scrobiculosus is the least frequent newly identified scorpion. This study adds two new sting scorpions to the previous list of 8 identified scorpions in Iran. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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| Additional Information: | cited By 25 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | alcohol, androctonus crassicauda; animal experiment; arachnid; article; Compsobuthus matthiesseni; geographic distribution; hemiscorpius lepturus; hottentotta saulcyi; hottentotta schach; insect sting; Iran; mesobuthus eupeus; nonhuman; Orthochirus scrobiculosus; priority journal; scorpion; species identification; stereomicroscopy, Animals; Bites and Stings; Iron; Scorpions; Species Specificity, Androctonus crassicauda; Buthidae; Compsobuthus; Hottentotta; Lepturus; Mesobuthus eupeus; Orthochirus scrobiculosus; Scorpiones |
| Subjects: | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health > Department of Public health |
| Depositing User: | editor . 2 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2017 16:49 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2017 11:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.kaums.ac.ir/id/eprint/952 |
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