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1 November 2022 First Record of Centruroides edwardsii (Gervais, 1843) and New Geographic Distribution of Tityus ocelote Francke & Stockwell, 1987 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Panamá
Ramy Jhasser Martínez, Gabriel A. Villegas-Guzmán, Lariza Mendoza, Edgar Moreno, Daniel Emmen, Dora Isabel Quirós
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Abstract

Centruroides edwardsii (Gervais, 1843) (Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837) is recorded for the first time in Panama upon three females collected in Chilibre (northern Panama). Additionally five females and one male of Tityus ocelote Francke & Stockwell, 1987 were collected in a small farm in Capira (Western Panama) being the first record of this species in the Pacific side of Panama. This contribution provides additional information on geographic distribution of these species.

Ramy Jhasser Martínez, Gabriel A. Villegas-Guzmán, Lariza Mendoza, Edgar Moreno, Daniel Emmen, and Dora Isabel Quirós "First Record of Centruroides edwardsii (Gervais, 1843) and New Geographic Distribution of Tityus ocelote Francke & Stockwell, 1987 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Panamá," Entomological News 130(3), 260-264, (1 November 2022). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.130.0306
Received: 25 August 2021; Accepted: 26 October 2021; Published: 1 November 2022
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Arachnids
biodiversity
Central America
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