Tityus (Atreus) obscurus (Gervais, 1843)

Lourenço, Wilson R., 2018, The scorpions from the Mitaraka Massif in French Guiana (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chactidae), Zoosystema 40 (14), pp. 367-374 : 369-370

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a14
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C868777B-0BA7-4B34-B6BD-02395C6CE14A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4382805
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scientific name	Tityus (Atreus) obscurus (Gervais, 1843)
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Tityus (Atreus) obscurus (Gervais, 1843) View in CoL

Scorpio (Atreus) obscurus Gervais, 1843: 130 .

Tityus obscurus View in CoL – Lourenço & Leguin 2008: 8.

NEW MATERIAL. — French Guiana. 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1♀ juvenile, Mitaraka, ‘ La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 ( APA 973-1 )’, MTK-HC: Mitaraka (Hand Catch), 11 -18.III.2015 (E. Poirier, P.-H. Dalens & J. Touroult) . — 2♀, Mitaraka Camp , 26.II.2015 (E. Poirier, P.-H. Dalens & J. Touroult) . — 1♂, Layon D, tropical moist forest – in plateau, Winkler (2.227554, –54.45371), 23. II- 11.III.2015 (J. Orivel, F. PetitClerc) GoogleMaps .

REMARK

Tityus obscurus is one of the most common species of scorpion distributed in French Guiana but also in Brazil and Suriname. It was collected in French Guiana from quite different sites including zones around Cayenne largely impacted by human activities. Tityus obscurus is the only medically important species in French Guiana and can represent an important threat to humans, in particular to children ( Lourenço 2016c). Mitaraka is a new record for the species.