Open AccessFirst record of Tityus trivittatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in La Pampa province, Argentina
Author(s) -
Juan José Martínez,
M. Bruni,
Andrés A. Ojanguren Affilastro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de la sociedad entomológica argentina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1851-7471
pISSN - 0373-5680
DOI - 10.25085/rsea.800207
Subject(s) - buthidae , scorpion , zoology , genus , range (aeronautics) , geography , biology , ecology , engineering , venom , aerospace engineering
The sanitary important scorpion species Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is reported for the first time from General Pico, La Pampa province. Specimens examined in this work were obtained in domiciliary environments. This represents a considerable expansion to the South of the distributional range of the species and the genus.