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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pimenta RJG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447240 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20190403 4
Annually, more than 1.2 million scorpion stings and more than 3,000 deaths occur worldwide. Tityus serrulatus Lutz and Mello, 1922 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) is the most medically relevant species in Brazil where it is spreading rapidly and causing over 90,000 cases of envenomation yearly. We monitored T. serrulatus longevity and ability to reproduce under conditions of food and/or water deprivation. We found that T. serrulatus is highly tolerant to food deprivation, with individuals enduring up to ...[more]