On the noxious black Amazonian scorpion, Tityus obscurus (Scorpiones, Buthidae): Taxonomic notes, biology, medical importance and envenoming treatment

JG Martins, KCF Bordon, JA Moreno-González… - Toxicon, 2023 - Elsevier
Tityus obscurus has caused mild, moderate and severe accidents of medical relevance in
the eastern Brazilian Amazon and French Guiana. Tityus obscurus has sexual dimorphism …

There and Back Again—The Igatu Hotspot Siliciclastic Caves: Expanding the data for subterranean fauna in Brazil, Chapada Diamantina Region

JE Gallão, DB Ribeiro, JS Gallo, ME Bichuette - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The caves of Igatu, municipality of Andaraí, belonging to the region known as Chapada
Diamantina represent a new hotspot of subterranean fauna. These caves are siliciclastic …

Venomics of the Scorpion Tityus ocelote (Scorpiones, Buthidae): Understanding Venom Evolution in the Subgenus Archaeotityus

C Díaz, A Chang-Castillo, B Lomonte, F Bonilla… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The subgenus Tityus (Archaeotityus) includes small variegated species considered
until recently, a basal group within Tityus, one of the most diverse and medically relevant …

Biomechanics of venom delivery in South America's first toxungen-spraying scorpion

L Laborieux - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Venom is a metabolically expensive secretion used sparingly in a variety of ecological
contexts, most notably predation and defence. Accordingly, few animals employ their toxins …

A new species of Tityus Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), from the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)

L Laborieux - Faunitaxys, 2024 - hal.science
A new species belonging to the genus Tityus (Atreus)(family Buthidae, CL Koch, 1837) is
described from the Colombian Cordillera Oriental on the basis of three specimens collected …

Biomechanics of venom delivery in South America's first spitting scorpion

L Laborieux - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Venom is a metabolically expensive secretion used sparingly in a variety of ecological
contexts, most notably predation and defense. Accordingly, few animals use their toxins in …

[PDF][PDF] Predicción de la interacción que realiza el péptido FV2-16 del veneno del escorpión Tityus Macrochirus (Buthidae) sobre la metaloproteasa-2 presente en la …

MAG Parra, NTR Salamanca - 2022 - repository.udca.edu.co
RESUMEN La Metaloproteasa-2 (MMP-2) está sobreexpresada en el cáncer de cérvix, por
lo que inhibirla es un objetivo terapéutico en los últimos años para el control de la invasión …