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Issue: Vol. 869 No. 1: 25 Feb. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.869.1.1
Page range: 1–7
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Notes on Tityus confluens Borelli, 1899 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Brazil

Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Artrópodes, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo SP, Brazil
Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Artrópodes, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo SP, Brazil
Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Av. Fernando Correa, s/n, Coxipo, Cuiaba MT, 78060-900
Taxonomy geographic distribution South America Chaco Cerrado Pantanal Matogrossense

Abstract

Records for Tityus confluens from nine localities in three Brazilian States are given. Although showing a wide geographic distribution in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil, the species is infrequently sampled. Tityus confluens normally inhabits dry environments, Chaco in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, and Cerrado and Pantanal Matogrossense in Brazil.

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