Primeiro registro de Bothriurus asper Pocock (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) no Distrito Federal, Brasil

Motta, Paulo César

doi:10.1590/s0101-81752006000100026

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“…An urban epidemic of T. serrulatus species was registered in Goiás, and an increasing incidence in Federal District (Andrade and Pasqualetto 2002;Barraviera 1995;Motta 2006).…”

Section: Scorpions and Scorpionism In The Midwest Of Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the late 1950s, a process of environmental devastation, expanding land area, and urbanization began in the middle of the Brazilian savannah, in the center of the country, where Brasília, capital of the country, was built and inaugurated 10 years later (Lourenço 1986;Motta 2006). It was probably during the inhabitation of Brasília that the dispersion and subsequently increasing of the population of T. serrulatus occurred in the Brazilian savannah.…”

Section: Scorpions and Scorpionism In The Midwest Of Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Scorpionism and dangerous species of Brazil

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Brazil is a country with a large territorial extension (approximately 8.5 million kilometers squared), which is composed of 26 states and a Federal District. The scorpion fauna of Brazil is also quite vast, highlighting the Tityus genus. The species that is considered the most dangerous and that is accounted for the highest number of accidents is Tityus serrulatus. One of the unique features of this species is its ability to reproduce by parthenogenesis, which enabled its rapid proliferation across the country. According to the records of the Ministry of Health, during the years (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012), accidents related to scorpions have increased dramatically all over the country and are recognized as a public health problem by the government. In this period, 482,479 cases of scorpion envenomation have been reported in Brazil, with the occurrence of 749 deaths for a lethal rate of 0.15 %.

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“…An urban epidemic of T. serrulatus species was registered in Goiás, and an increasing incidence in Federal District (Andrade and Pasqualetto 2002;Barraviera 1995;Motta 2006).…”

Section: Scorpions and Scorpionism In The Midwest Of Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Scorpions and Scorpionism In The Midwest Of Brazilmentioning

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Scorpionism and dangerous species of Brazil

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“…Tal conclusão é temerária, também, pelo fato dos acidentados morarem em ambientes rurais. Como a riqueza local de escorpiões no cerrado pode chegar a cinco espécies 10 , outras espécies podem ter causado o acidente. Dados sobre abundância e riqueza de escorpiões, para quatro localidades de cerrado, mostram que R. agamemnon não é a mais abundante em diversas áreas, está ausente de algumas e é menos comum que espécies de Tytius em outras áreas (Tabela 1).…”

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Acidente por Rhopalurus agamemnon (Koch, 1839) (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Brandão

Françoso

2010

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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RESUMOAcidentes escorpiônicos constituem um sério problema de saúde pública no Brasil. Rhopalurus agamemnon é um grande escorpião do bioma Cerrado, muito abundante em diversas localidades do Brasil Central. A espécie utiliza ambientes campestres e savânicos, sendo comum no interior de cupinzeiros. Entretanto, desaparece de locais onde o cerrado é removido. Os acidentes relatados apresentam sintomas de envenenamentos moderados, mas são baseados em identificações discutíveis. Aqui apresentamos o relato de um acidente seguramente causado por esta espécie. Concluímos que os poucos relatos disponíveis não permitem avaliar a gravidade dos acidentes e o eventual risco deste escorpião para a saúde pública. Palavras-chaves: Rhopalurus agamemnon. Envenenamento. Escorpiões. Cerrado. ABSTRACTAccidents caused by scorpions are a serious public health problem in Brazil. Rhopalurus agamemnon is a large scorpion found in the Cerrado (savanna) biome, and it is very abundant in many localities in central Brazil. The species inhabits open savanna environments, and is common inside termite mounds. However, it disappears from places where the native vegetation has been removed. The accidents reported present moderate symptoms of envenoming, but are based on questionable identifications. Here, we present a report on an accident that was certainly caused by Rhopalurus agamemnon. We conclude that the few reports available do not make it possible to evaluate the severity of such accidents and the possible risk to public health from this scorpion. Key-words: Rhopalurus agamemnon. Envenoming. Scorpions. Cerrado. Os escorpiões estão entre os primeiros animais a conquistarem o ambiente terrestre e apresentam ampla distribuição no mundo, sendo mais abundantes em ambientes áridos ou semiáridos 1,2 . Com o corpo dividido em três partes (prosoma, mesosoma e metasoma), possuem uma morfologia extremante conservada, bastante peculiar e facilmente identificável, especialmente pelo longo metasoma e pela presença de um par de palpos armados por pinças 1-3 . O metasoma é formado por cinco segmentos, sendo que a última peça do metasoma é a vesícula de peçonha, em cuja extremidade existe um aguilhão (ou ferrão), que permite ao animal injetar a peçonha 1-3 .Apesar dos escorpiões utilizarem a peçonha como mecanismo para imobilizar e matar suas presas (geralmente insetos e aranhas), muitos possuem peçonha potente, capaz de causar morte em humanos, especialmente crianças 4 . O rápido incremento de casos de envenenamento grave, no Brasil, demonstra a relevância que o escorpionismo possui para a saúde pública 4 . Cerca de oito mil casos de acidentes escorpiônicos são relatados, anualmente, no Brasil, onde todas as espécies de interesse médico pertencem à Família Buthidae 1 . O gênero Tytius engloba as espécies mais perigosas, com expressiva mortalidade de crianças nos acidentes graves relatados causados pela espécie T. serrulatus, talvez a mais perigosa da América do Sul 1 . No entanto, pouco se sabe sobre acidentes envolvendo espécies de outros gêneros de But...

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“…The scientific literature contains numerous examples of arachnids (11,29), including scorpions (11,27,28), reptiles (13,20) and other venomous animals (5,12), that have been carried by anthropochorous dispersal for distances over hundreds of kilometers (21). For instance, Tityus serrulatus Lutz and Mello, the most toxic Brazilian scorpion species, has been transported to areas as distant as Mato Grosso and the Federal District from its original locality in the savannas of the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil (16)(17)(18)30).…”

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Second record of Tityus bahiensis (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Venezuela: epidemiological implications

Sousa

Borges

Manzanilla

et al. 2008

J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis

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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 São 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 betatoxin 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.

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Primeiro registro de Bothriurus asper Pocock (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) no Distrito Federal, Brasil

Abstract: Dez indivíduos do escorpião Bothriurus asper Pocock, 1893, conhecido de alguns estados do nordeste brasileiro, foram encontrados em áreas urbanas próximas à Brasília, Distrito Federal. Provavelmente, esta espécie foi introduzida pela atividade humana.

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Scorpionism and dangerous species of Brazil

Scorpionism and dangerous species of Brazil

Acidente por Rhopalurus agamemnon (Koch, 1839) (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Second record of Tityus bahiensis (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Venezuela: epidemiological implications

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