Scorpion envenomation in Brazil: Current scenario and perspectives for containing an increasing health problem

C Guerra-Duarte, R Saavedra-Langer… - PLoS neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Opportunistic scorpion species can colonize urban environments, establishing high-density
communities that enhance the chances of human accidents. This scenario has been taking …

[HTML][HTML] Systematics of the relictual Asian scorpion family Pseudochactidae Gromov, 1998, with a review of cavernicolous, troglobitic, and troglomorphic scorpions

L Prendini, VL Ehrenthal, SF Loria - Bulletin of the American Museum of …, 2021 - BioOne
The first integrative systematic revision of the relictual Asian scorpion family
Pseudochactidae Gromov, 1998, making use of an unprecedented collection of material …

Arachnid monophyly: morphological, palaeontological and molecular support for a single terrestrialization within Chelicerata

RJ Howard, MN Puttick, GD Edgecombe… - Arthropod structure & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The majority of extant arachnids are terrestrial, but other chelicerates are generally aquatic,
including horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, and the extinct eurypterids. It is necessary to …

A Cambrian–Ordovician terrestrialization of arachnids

J Lozano-Fernandez, AR Tanner, MN Puttick… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the temporal context of terrestrialization in chelicerates depends on whether
terrestrial groups, the traditional Arachnida, have a single origin and whether or not …

Phylogenomic analysis of the beetle suborder Adephaga with comparison of tailored and generalized ultraconserved element probe performance

GT Gustafson, SM Baca, AM Alexander… - Systematic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Adephaga is the second largest suborder of beetles (Coleoptera) and they serve as
important arthropod predators in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The suborder is …

Study of the Acute Toxicity of Scorpion Leiurus macroctenus Venom in Rats

V Gunas, O Maievskyi, N Raksha… - The Scientific World …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The expansion of the territory of human habitation leads to inevitable
interference in the natural range of distribution of one or another species of animals, some of …

Nitrogen‐based symbioses, phosphorus availability, and accounting for a modern world more productive than the Paleozoic

CK Boyce, DE Ibarra, MP Nelsen, MP D'Antonio - Geobiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Evolution of high‐productivity angiosperms has been regarded as a driver of Mesozoic
ecosystem restructuring. However, terrestrial productivity is limited by availability of rock …

[HTML][HTML] Air breathing in an exceptionally preserved 340-million-year-old sea scorpion

JC Lamsdell, VE McCoy, OA Perron-Feller, MJ Hopkins - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Arachnids are the second most successful terrestrial animal group after insects [1] and were
one of the first arthropod clades to successfully invade land [2]. Fossil evidence for this …

Developmental gene expression as a phylogenetic data class: support for the monophyly of Arachnopulmonata

ED Nolan, CE Santibáñez-López… - Development Genes and …, 2020 - Springer
Despite application of genome-scale datasets, the phylogenetic placement of scorpions
within arachnids remains contentious between two different phylogenetic data classes …

Taxonomic identification of Morocco scorpions using MALDI-MS fingerprints of venom proteomes and computational modeling

B Ajdi, MA El Hidan, A El Asbahani, M Bocquet… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The venom of scorpions has been the subject of numerous studies. However, their
taxonomic identification is not a simple task, leading to misidentifications. This study aims to …