%0 Journal Article
%T Second record of Tityus bahiensis (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Venezuela: epidemiological implications
%A De Sousa
%A L.
%A Borges
%A A.
%A Manzanilla
%A J.
%A Biondi
%A I.
%A Avellaneda
%A E.
%J Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
%D 2008
%I Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Pe?onhentos - CEVAP, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
%R 10.1590/S1678-91992008000100015
%X this work reports the second record of the scorpion tityus bahiensis perty from venezuela. the specimen was found alive in a wardrobe at a hotel resort in margarita island, northeastern venezuela. morphological characterization allowed its assignment to the tityus bahiensis population inhabiting the southernmost area of the species' geographic range, e.g. the state of s£¿o paulo in brazil, northern argentina and paraguay. the fact that the only available venezuelan antiscorpion (anti-tityus discrepans) serum does not neutralize the effects of alpha- and beta-toxin from tityus serrulatus venom (which resembles in composition that of t. bahiensis) constitutes a warning to local clinicians confronted with envenomations by noxious species transported to venezuela from brazil by human agency.
%K tityus
%K scorpiones
%K buthidae
%K exotic species.
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