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Scorpio occitanus = Buthus occitanus (common yellow scorpion)
| Subject: | Scorpio occitanus = Buthus occitanus (common yellow scorpion)
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Figure 4; Original illustration of Scorpio occitanus (Amoreux 1789a). The work was retrieved from the Biodiversity Heritage Library and images were rearranged for compactness without re-scaling.
Date 24 July 2017
Source https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12206/list/2/ (license)
Author Sousa P, Arnedo MA, Harris JD (2017) Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). ZooKeys 686: 15-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.686.12206
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScorpio_occitanus_%2810.3897-zookeys.686.12206%29_Figure_4.jpg
The common yellow scorpion (Buthus occitanus) is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae. It occurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. This scorpion is often found in dry and hot areas with sparse vegetation, where it hides under stones etc. during daytime. The sting of Buthus occitanus in Europe is painful but with only mild toxic effects, however, in Africa it can be fatal.
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Buthus
Species: Buthus occitanus Amoreux, 1789 |
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