Scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from the state of Acre, southwestern Brazilian Amazon

André Felipe De Araujo Lira,Leonardo Sousa Carvalho,Moisés Barbosa De Souza,Edson Guilherme

doi:10.1590/1809-4392202001551

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ABSTRACT Although Brazil has one of the highest scorpion diversities worldwide, the scorpion fauna of the Amazon region remains relatively poorly described. In this study, we updated the list of scorpion species from the state of Acre, in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon, based on a revision of records contained in Brazilian arachnid collections and a survey of the relevant literature. We recorded the occurrence of seven scorpion species belonging to two families (Buthidae and Chactidae) among which we report three new records (Ananteris sp., Tityus (Tityus) gasci, and Chactopsis cf. insignis) for Acre. The results presented herein make an important contribution to the knowledge on scorpion diversity in the Amazonian forests of Acre.

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Aunque Brasil tiene una de las diversidades de escorpiones más altas del mundo, la fauna de escorpiones de la región amazónica sigue siendo relativamente poco descrita
The Brazilian scorpion fauna comprises approximately 160 known species distributed among four families (Lourenço 2002; Coelho et al 2016), of which the highest diversity (>50% of the species richness) is found in the Northern region, which covers 45% of the country and is mostly covered by Amazon forest (IBGE 2016; Brazil and Porto 2011)
The scorpion fauna of the Brazilian Amazon is highly diverse, with representatives of all four scorpion families recorded in Brazil, namely, Buthidae C.L

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Introduction

Aunque Brasil tiene una de las diversidades de escorpiones más altas del mundo, la fauna de escorpiones de la región amazónica sigue siendo relativamente poco descrita. Escorpiones (Aracnida, Scorpiones) del estado de Acre, suroeste de la Amazonía brasileña The Brazilian scorpion fauna comprises approximately 160 known species distributed among four families (Lourenço 2002; Coelho et al 2016), of which the highest diversity (>50% of the species richness) is found in the Northern region, which covers 45% of the country and is mostly covered by Amazon forest (IBGE 2016; Brazil and Porto 2011).

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