Genetic diversity of medically important scorpions of the genus Centruroides (Buthidae) from Panama including two endemic species.

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With more than 33,000 sting cases and 47 deaths recorded between 2000 and 2016, Panama is the country with the highest incidence of envenomations by scorpions in Central America. Species in the genus Centruroides are responsible for most scorpion sting reports, however, identification at the species level is complicated because the genus has considerable intraspecific morphological variation. To date no molecular...

Topics

• Animals
• Genetic Variation
• Haplotypes
• Panama
• Phylogeny
• Scorpions