Geographical Distribution of Scorpion Odontobuthus doriae in Esfahan Province, Central Iran
Abstract
Background: Scorpions are among the world’s venomous arthropods, they sting humans every year, suffering painful symptoms or losing their lives because of the venom. Odontobuthus doriae Thorell 1876 (Arachnida: Scorpionida: Buthidae) is a scorpion of medical importance and therefore its geographical distribution in Isfahan Province has been studied.
Methods: This descriptive cross–sectional study was designed between Mar and Jun in 2012 and 2013 in Province of Isfahan, central Iran. Overall, 164 O. doriae scorpions were collected from their natural habitat by identifying the dug burrows. This arthropod’s burrows were identified based on the presence of tumuli, particularly between May and Jun at the sloping foothills of pristine embankments. The sampling data was categorized and compared.
Results: The relative frequency of collected O. doriae for the counties was Mobarakeh (13.5%), Shahinshahre (11.5%), Borkhar (9%), Shahreza (7.5%), Kashan (7.5%), Naeen (6%), Natanz (5.5%), Isfahan (4.8%), Najafabad (4.8%), Aran and Bidgol (4.8%), Dehaghan (4.8%), Flavarjan (3.7%), Khomeinishahr (3.7%), Tiran (3.7%), Golpayegan (3.7%), Ardestan (3.7%) and Lenjan (2.5%). No O. doriae was collected from other counties of the province.
Conclusion: The habitats of O. doriae are more often located in central, eastern and northern regions of the province compared to other regions. Counties of southern and western regions are among cold parts of the province.
Chippaux JP, Goyffon M (2008) Epidemi-ology of scorpionism: a global apprais-al. Acta Trop. 107: 71–79.
Dehghani R, Rafinejad J, Fathi B, Panjeh-Shahi M, Jazayeri M, Hashemi A (2017) A Retrospective Study on Scropionism in Iran (2002–2011). J Arthropod Borne Dis. 11(2): 184–193.
Dehghani R, Fathi B (2012) Scorpion sting in Iran: A review. Toxicon. 60(5): 919–933.
Dehghani R, Djadid ND, Shahbazzadeh D, Bigdelli S (2009) Introducing Compsobu-thus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) scorpion as one of the major stinging scorpions in Khuzestan, Iran. Toxicon. 54(3): 272–275.
Sanaei-Zadeh H, Marashi SM, Dehghani R (2017) Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scorpionism in Shiraz (2012–2016) Development of a clinical severity grading for Iranian scorpion envenomation. Med J Islam Repub Iran. 31: 27.
Dehghani R, Velaei N (2010) The review of Iranian Traditional Medicine Vision on scorpion and scorpion sting. Res Med J Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci. 33 (4): 269–279.
Dehghani R, Arani MG (2015) Scorpion sting prevention and treatment in an-cient Iran. J Tradit Complement Med. 5(2): 75–80.
Motevalli Haghi F, Dehghani R (2117) A Review of Scorpions Reported in Iran. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci. 27(151): 213–226.
White CR (2001) The energetics of bur-row excavation by the inland robust scorpion, Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula, 1903). Aust J Zool. 49(6): 663–674.
Çolak M, Karataş A (2013) Shape of burrows built by Scorpio maurus L., 1758 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) from Turkey, with description of capture methods. Euscorpius. 171: 1–7.
Abdel-Nabi IM, McVean A, Abdel-Rah-man MA, Omran MA (2004) Intraspe-cific diversity of morphological char-acters of the burrowing scorpion Scor-pio maurus palmatus (Ehrenberg, 1828) in Egypt (Arachnida: Scorpionida: Scor-pionidae). Serket. 9(2): 41–67.
Navidpour S, Vazirianzadeh B, Moham-madi A (2015) Burrowing activities of Scorpio maurus towensendi (Arachnida: Scorpionida: Scorpionidae) in province of Khouzestan, SW Iran. J Entomol Zool Stud. 3(1): 270–274.
Dehghani R, Kamiabi F, Mohammadzadeh N (2017) Burrowing Habits of two Ar-thropods; Odenthobutus doriae and Hemilepistus shirazi in desert soils of Is-fahan, Iran. J ent Res. 41(2): 113–118.
Williams SC (1987) Scorpion bionomics.Annu Rev Entomol. 32: 275–295.
Vatani H, Khoobdel M (2009) Scorpion fauna in Taybad region and scorpion sting status in military environment. Journal Mil Med. 11(1): 7–11.
Fatani AJ (2015) Snake venoms and scor-pion venom research in the Middle East: A Review. Clinical Toxinology in Asia Pacific and Africa, pp. 327–355.
Sanaei-Zadeh H (2014) Hypersensitivity reaction to scorpion antivenom. Indian Dermatol Online J. 5(Suppl 1): S51–S52.
Jalali A, Fakher R (2014) Epidemiologi-cal review of scorpion envenomation in Iran. Iran J Pharm Res. 13(3): 743–756.
Kassiri H, Kasiri A, Kasiri E, Abdian P, Matori F, Lotfi M (2015) Epidemiological characteristics and incidence rate of def-inite scorpion stings in Mahshahr Coun-ty, Iran: multivariate analysis of 1 635 cases. Asian Pac J Trop Dis. 5(1): 80–84.
Zayerzadeh E, Koohi MK, Mirakabadi AZ, Fardipoor A, Kassaian SE, Rabbani S, Anvari MS (2012) Amelioration of car-dio-respiratory perturbations following Mesobuthus eupeus envenomation in anesthetized rabbits with commercial polyvalent F (ab′) 2 antivenom. Toxi-con. 59(2): 249–256.
Van Zoelen SA, Ozkan O, Inceoglu B (2015) Antigenic Cross-Reactivity An-ti-Birtoxin Antibody against Androcto-nus crassicauda Venom. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 9(2): 176–183.
Karaj I (2013) Hemiscorpius lepturus en-venomation: Manifestations and man-agement with specific antivenom. Arch Razi Inst. 68(2): 91–99.
Vista news hub (2017) Geography and climate Isfahan Province. Available at: http://vista.ir/article/813762.
I.R. of Iran meteorological organization(2017) Climate Isfahan Province, Iran. Available at: http://www.irimo.ir/far/ services/climate/796
Dehghani R, Kamiabi F (2017) Frequency of Odonthubutus doriae Thorell 1876 nests in desert soils, Esfahan, Iran. 41(1): 13–18.
Navidpour S, Kovařík F, Soleglad ME, Fet V (2008) Scorpions of Iran (Arach-nida, Scorpiones). Part I. Khuzestan Prov-ince. Euscorpius. 65: 1–41.
Navidpour S, Masihipour B (2009) Study of morphometrical values of Iranobu-thus krali (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Fars province, southern Iran. Arch Razi Inst. 64(2): 97–100.
Navidpour S, Ezatkhah M, Kovařík F, Soleglad ME, Fet V (2011) Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province. Euscorpius. 131: 1–32.
Sedaghat MM, Salahi Moghaddam A, Dehghani R (2011) Mapping of the ge-ographical distribution of scorpions. Army Univ Med Sci. 9(4): 285–296.
Dehghani R, Moabed S, Kamyabi F, Hagh-doost AA, Mashayekhi M, Soltani H (2008) Scorpions fauna of Kerman Prov-ince- Iran. J Kerman Univ Med Sci. 15 (2): 172–181.
Dehghani R, Bigdelli S (2007) Surveying the habitats on Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion in Khuzestan Province. Pajou-hesh- va -Sazandegi. 20 (2): 81–87.
Azizi K, Shahraki G, Omrani M (2001) Determination of fauna and sex ratio of scorpions from villages and suburbs of Kohgilouieh and Boirahmad Province in 1379. Armaghan Danesh. 6(21, 22): 6–12.
Azizi K, Tirgari S, Sayedi-Rashti SMA (1998) Faunistic study of scorpions in Shiraz and investigation in their fecun-dity. J Yasouj Univ Med Sci. 3(9, 10): 23–28.
Dehghani R, Doroudgar A, Khademi MR Sayyah M (1998) The survey of scor-pion sting in the city of Kashan. J Res Med Sci. 2(3): 132–135.
Kamali K (1984) Introduce of importance scorpions in Khuzestan. J Sci Agr. Ah-vaz Chameran Univ. 1: 34.
Dehghani Tafti MH, Tirgari S (1998)Identification of Yazd scorpions and bi-ological study of prevailing species. J Shahid Sadoughi Univ Med Sci. 6(3): 72–77.
Woodman JD (2008) Living in a shallow burrow under a rock: gas exchange and water loss in an Australian scorpion. J Therm Biol. 33(5): 280–286.
| Files | ||
| Issue | Vol 11 No 3 (2017) | |
| Section | Short Communication | |
| Keywords | ||
| Bio-ecology Spatial distribution Odontobuthus doriae Iran | ||
| Rights and permissions | |
|
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
