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Morphometric and genetic characterization of scorpion species from Colima, Mexico
Author(s) -
Gutiérrez María Teresa Romero,
Hernández Verónica Quintero,
Delgado Jaime Bolaños,
Carrera Francisco Mendoza,
Enciso Iván Delgado,
Possani Lourival,
Velazquez Laura Leticia Valdez
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.lb95
Subject(s) - scorpion , genbank , biology , mitochondrial dna , genus , dna barcoding , gene , zoology , genetics , ecology , venom
Centruroides genus causes the highest number of deaths by scorpion sting in Mexico, the taxonomic situation for some species of this genus still not clear. The objective was the morphometric and genetic classification of specimens from Colima comparing experimental sequences with nucleotide sequences reported in Genbank. Scorpion specimens were collected in Colima, they were classificated by taxonomic keys, DNA was extracted and a segment of cox1 gene of mitochondrial genome was amplified. 4 species were identified (Centruroides tecomanus, C. infamatus, C. elegans y Vaejovis intrepidus), C. tecomanus was the dominant species (58.9%). A sequence of 964 bp belonging to cox1 gene of C. tecomanus was determined. A‐T content of the sequence was 61.72%. We succeeded identifying 4 scorpion species by morphometric analysis and gene cox1 of C. tecomanus was sequenced, showing similarity to C. limpidus. Authors thank FRABA‐UdC for financial support.