Open AccessThe description of Tityus caripitensis. A new venezuelan scorpion (scorpionida, buthidae)
Author(s) -
María Isabel Quiroga,
Leonardo De Sousa,
Pedro Parrilla-Álvarez
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of venomous animals and toxins/the journal of venomous animals and toxins
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4936
pISSN - 0104-7930
DOI - 10.1590/s0104-79302000000100007
Subject(s) - buthidae , scorpion , genus , zoology , biology , geography , ecology , venom
This paper describes a new species of scorpion of the Tityus genus, Tityus caripitensis (Scorpionida: Buthidae). This species can be found in Caripito, Bolívar municipality of Monagas State, Venezuela. The number of species of Tityus genus in Venezuela has increased to 37 with the inclusion of Tityus caripitensis. A diagnosis of the most significant morphological characteristics of both males and females of this new species, which has been causing serious envenomings in the Bolívar and Punceres municipalities, has been carried out