Scorpionida


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Scor·pi·on·i·da

(skōr'pē-on'i-dă),
The scorpions; an order of venomous, predaceous, arachnid arthropods characterized by a distinctly segmented bony abdomen terminating in a sharply recurved stinging spine equipped with a poison gland; causes a severely painful but rarely fatal sting. North American genera include Centruroides, Hadrurus, and Vejovis.
[Mod. L.]
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Seis nuevas especies del genero Tityus en Venezuela (Scorpionida: Buthidae).
Nueva especie de Tityus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del Turimiquire, Venezuela
Evidence of mate trailing in the giant hairy desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis (Scorpionida, Iuridae).
Evidence of airborne chemoreception in the scorpion Paruroctonus marksi (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae)
During the reproductive season, arthropods (Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Scorpionida, Lepidoptera, Spirobolida, and Dermaptera) accounted for 69.0% of the animal matter.
Characteristics of a ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) population in Trans Pecos, Texas
El generico bach[??] , que denota indiferenciadamente especies del orden Scorpionida, no presenta division en especificos.
Etnoentomologia cabecar
Evolution historique du nombre de taxa de l'ordre des Scorpionida. Revue Arachnologique 10(13): 223-227,
Fet, V., W.D. Sisson, G. Lowe and M.E. Braunwalder. 2000. Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998)
Similarly, Polis and McCormick (1987) showed that the percentage of IG prey in the diet of Pauroctonus mesaensis (Scorpionida) increases with decreased availability of extraguild prey.
Intraguild predation among aphid predators: characterization and influence of extraguild prey density
Characteristics and environmental determinants of natality, growth and maturity in a natural population of the desert scorpion, Paruroctonus mesaensis (Scorpionida: Vaejovidae).
El Nino effects on the dynamics and control of an island ecosystem in the Gulf of California
The aggregating tendency of Centruroides vittatus Say (Arachnida: Scorpionida).
Temperature and desiccation effects on the antipredator behavior of Centruroides vittatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
Cnemidophorus tesselatus Prey taxon NP PV PF Arachnida (A) Acarina Araneae 80 10.1 68.8 Scorpionida 7 0.8 7.7 Solifugae Undet.
STUDIES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF SYMPATRIC WHIPTAIL LIZARDS (CNEMIDOPHORUS MARMORATUS AND C. TESSELATUS) FROM MADERA CANYON (BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS)
Citotaxonomia de Bothriuridae (Scorpionida) de la Argentina.
Cytogenetics of three species of scorpions of the genus Brachistosternus from Argentina (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)
Cnemidophorus Cnemidophorus tesselatus marmoratus Prey taxon NP PV PF NP PV PF Arachnida (A) Acarina 11 0.8 8.8 Araneae 80 10.1 68.8 67 8.6 60.0 Scorpionida 7 0.8 7.7 12 1.1 11.1 Solifugae 9 0.6 10.0 Undet.
Studies on the natural history and ecology of sympatric whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus marmoratus and C. tesselatus) from Madera Canyon (Brewster County, Texas)
Escorpiones y Escorpionismo en el Peru I: Nota preliminar sobre los Scorpionida peruanos.
Sobre la identidad taxonomica de Brachistosternus peruvianus Piza, 1974 (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)

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