Ecology of the Scorpion,<i>Microtityus jaumei</i>in Sierra de Canasta, Cuba

Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn; Colombo, Marco

doi:10.1673/031.011.8601

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“…2) It is assumed that the warmer seasons are the time of reproduction for scorpions [35][36]. The important point is that the scorpions stings happen entire a year.…”

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Scorpion Sting in Izeh, Iran: An Epidemiological Study During 2009-2011

Maghsoodi

Vazirianzadeh

Salahshoor

2015

J. Basic Appl. Sci.

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Background: Izeh is one of the counties of Khuzestan province that its people suffer from scorpion sting. So according to the high prevalence of scorpion sting in this area and the lack of a reduce cases of scorpion stings, timely treatment and prevention of mortality and morbidity resulting from this phenomenon using results of the current epidemiological investigation. Methods: This cross-sectional and retrospective study has been conducted based on statistics of scorpion sting of Izeh Health Center during 2009-2011. The data including: age, sex, season and month of stings, location of event (urban or rural), location and time of the sting, the stung organ and scorpion species were collected and recorded in the official forms and transformed into the tables and graphs for presentation. The species of scorpions were recognized using Iranian scorpion key. Results: During 2009 to 2011 a total of 5804 cases of scorpion sting referred to health and medicine centers. Most cases of scorpion sting were females (55.53%). The age range was 15-24 year olds and the highest incidence rate of scorpion sting was on August. Totally 6 species of scorpions were recognized during the current study and Androctonus crassicauda was the most frequent spcies which caused the scorpion sting. One of the most important results of the present study was to report Compsobuthus matthienseni as the 2nd dominant scorpion sting cause and Mesobuthus eupeus as the least cause of scorpion sting in the region, in contrast to other parts of Khuzestan which this species has been reported as the most frequent cause of scorpion sting inKhuzestan province. Conclusions: Since there is a large number of cases with a history of previous scorpion stings, it appears we can reduce the incidence of this occurrence using education of preventing and control ways from this phenomenon to persons referred to treatment in the studied area and repeat those in similar regions with high range of scorpion sting. Furthermore with focuse on the educational activities in the warm seasons, when is the peak time of scorpion activity it will be more effective in reducing this phenomenon.

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“…2) It is assumed that the warmer seasons are the time of reproduction for scorpions [35][36]. The important point is that the scorpions stings happen entire a year.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scorpion Sting in Izeh, Iran: An Epidemiological Study During 2009-2011

Maghsoodi

Vazirianzadeh

Salahshoor

2015

J. Basic Appl. Sci.

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“…There are two reasons behind this fact: 1) scorpions are ectothermal animals; therefore, their activities increase with the increase of the environmental temperature. It is assumed that the warmer seasons are the time of reproduction for scorpions ( Cala-Riquelme and Colombo 2010 ). However, in the tropics, scorpions are active all year long, although they are more active during the hotter months ( Spirandeli-Cruz 1994 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Climatological Study of Scorpion Sting Incidence From 2007 to 2011 in the Dezful Area of Southwestern Iran, Using a Time Series Model

Molaee

Ahmadi

Vazirianzadeh

et al. 2014

Journal of Insect Science

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Scorpion stings are a public health problem in south and southwest Iran. There is little information regarding climatological effects on incidence of scorpion stings in Iran. Therefore, the present systemic survey of scorpion sting data was conducted from the point of view of entomo-meteorological relationships and analyzed statistically for the Dezful area in Khuzestan, southwest of Iran. The time series analysis was implemented using MINITAB version 16 statistical software packages. In total, 3,755 scorpion sting files from the Dezful health centers were monitored from April 2007 to September 2011 in a time series analysis. The results showed that temperature had significant effects on scorpion sting. From the data of this study, it is concluded that the scorpion activity in Dezful County is a climatological-dependent phenomenon.

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“…We found that surface activity of total scorpions was higher in mature forest than in secondary forest with the UV light method for most of the months. Some species of scorpions reach their highest densities only in areas with extensive ground cover from rocks, logs, other vegetation litter, canopy density and the thickness of the substrate (Cala-Riquelme and Colombo 2011;Koch 1978;Prendini 2001;Smith 1966;Stahnke 1966;Warburg and Ben-Horin 1978). This higher abundance could be due to characteristics of the habitat in mature forest that favour a high density.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The number and percentages of species caught were different in both methods. Pitfall traps do not show the actual surface activity, but depend more on the behaviour of each species: wanderer species are more easily caught by the trap than sit-and-wait ones (Acosta 1995b;Cala-Riquelme and Colombo 2011). Pitfall traps show both fewer specimens and fewer species than UV light.…”

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Scorpion diversity in two different habitats in the Arid Chaco, Argentina

2014

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Scorpions are one of the most important taxa of predators in terms of density, biomass, and diversity in various areas of the world. In this study, we compared population-and community-level data between a mature and a secondary forest in the Chancaní Reserve (Córdoba, Argentina). Scorpions were collected using pitfall traps (54 nights per site), and their nocturnal activity was observed by means of UV light (26 nights per site) over 7 months. Seven species of scorpions (1964 individuals) were observed in the study area (Bothriuridae and Buthidae). Brachistosternus ferrugineus composed [74 % of all individuals and was numerically dominant in most months. It was the most common species sampled with UV light method in all months (85.73 % in mature and 81.80 % in secondary forest). Timogenes elegans was the most common species sampled with the pitfall traps method in secondary forest (48.58 %). General sex ratio (males:females) for B. ferrugineus was 1:1.24 and for T. elegans was 1:0.53. The Shannon index was not significantly different between sites. Species richness was similar, and the Jaccard index was Cs = 0.86, indicating that both sites share 86 % of the species. Tityus confluens was the only species not shared between sites. Our results indicate that species composition in regenerating forest resembles that of primary forest after c. 15 years, but the relative abundances of these species differ.

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Ecology of the Scorpion,Microtityus jaumeiin Sierra de Canasta, Cuba

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

Scorpion Sting in Izeh, Iran: An Epidemiological Study During 2009-2011

Scorpion Sting in Izeh, Iran: An Epidemiological Study During 2009-2011

A Climatological Study of Scorpion Sting Incidence From 2007 to 2011 in the Dezful Area of Southwestern Iran, Using a Time Series Model

Scorpion diversity in two different habitats in the Arid Chaco, Argentina

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