Genetic and toxinological divergence among populations of Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) inhabiting Paraguay and Argentina.

• Main Authors: Adolfo Borges (Author), Antonieta Rojas de Arias (Author), Sabrina de Almeida Lima (Author), Bruno Lomonte (Author), Cecilia Díaz (Author), Carlos Chávez-Olórtegui (Author), Matthew R Graham (Author), Evanguedes Kalapothakis (Author), Cathia Coronel (Author), Adolfo R de Roodt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Envenoming by scorpions in genus Tityus is a public health problem in Tropical America. One of the most medically significant species is Tityus trivittatus, which is known to occur from southwest Brazil to central-northern and eastern Argentina. In this work, we studied the lethality, composition, a...