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Provedor de dados:  J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis.
País:  Brazil
Título:  A checklist of the scorpions of Ecuador (Arachnida: Scorpiones), with notes on the distribution and medical significance of some species
Autores:  Brito,Gabriel
Borges,Adolfo
Data:  2015-01-01
Ano:  2015
Palavras-chave:  Scorpions
Ecuador
Ananteris
Brachistosternus
Chactas
Centruroides
Hadruroides
Scorpionism
Teuthraustes
Tityus
Troglotayosicus
Resumo:  Ecuador harbors one of the most diverse Neotropical scorpion faunas, hereby updated to 47 species contained within eight genera and five families, which inhabits the “Costa” (n= 17), “Sierra” (n= 34), “Oriente” (n= 16) and “Insular” (n= 2) biogeographical regions, corresponding to the western coastal, Andean, Amazonian, and the Galápagos archipelago regions, respectively. The genusTityus Koch, in the family Buthidae, responsible for severe/fatal accidents elsewhere in northern South America and the Amazonia, is represented in Ecuador by 16 species, including T. asthenes, which has caused fatalities in Colombia and Panama, and now in the Ecuadorian provinces of Morona Santiago and Sucumbíos. Underestimation of the medical significance of scorpion envenoming in Ecuador arises from the fact thatCentruroides margaritatus (Gervais) (family Buthidae) andTeuthraustes atramentarius Simon (family Chactidae), whose venoms show low toxicity towards vertebrates, frequently envenom humans in the highly populated Guayas and Pichincha provinces. This work also updates the local scorpion faunal endemicity (74.5 %) and its geographical distribution, and reviews available medical/biochemical information on each species in the light of the increasing problem of scorpionism in the country. A proposal is hereby put forward to classify the Ecuadorian scorpions based on their potential medical importance.
Tipo:  Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100210
Editor:  Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
Relação:  10.1186/s40409-015-0023-x
Formato:  text/html
Fonte:  Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases v.21 2015
Direitos:  info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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