Onorati, Piero
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
ObjectivesAnnually, 1.2 million humans are stung by scorpions and severely affected by their venom. Some of the scorpion species of medical importance have a similar morphology to species with low toxicity. To establish diagnostic tools for surveying scorpions, the current study was conducted to generate three mitochondrial markers, Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI gene), 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA for six species of medically important Iranian scorpions: Androctonus crassicauda, Hottentotta saulcyi, Mesobuthus caucasicus, M. eupeus, Odontobuthus doriae, and Scorpio maurus.ResultsPhylogenetic analyses of the obtained sequences corroborated the morphological identification. For the first time, 12S rDNA sequences are reported from Androctonus crassicauda, Hottentotta saulcyi, Mesobuthus caucasicus and M. eupeus and also the 16S rDNA sequence from Hottentotta saulcyi. We conclude that the mitochondrial markers are useful for species determination among these medically important species of scorpions.
Keywords
mtDNA; Scorpionidae; Buthidae; Iran
Published in
BMC Research Notes
2021, volume: 14, number: 1, article number: 40
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Biological Systematics
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Epidemiology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05449-3
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115853