Scorpions from Mata do Buraquinho, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, with ecological notes on a population of Ananteris mauryi Lourenço (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

Four species of scorpions (Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982, Tityus neglectus Mello-Leitão, 1932, T. pusillus Pocock, 1893 and T. stigmurus (Thorell, 1876)) were collected in the " Mata do Buraquinho" , João Pessoa, state of Paraíba, Brazil. Aspects of biology for A. mauryi and new records on the geographic distribution of other species were annotated. Notes on the abundance and sex ratio on A. mauryi, the most abundant species in the area, are presented and discussed.

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Main Authors: Dias,Sidclay C., Candido,Denise M., Brescovit,Antonio D.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2006
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752006000300014
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