Escorpiões de Minas Gerais
Contribuição ao habitat de Tityus trviflatus Kracpelin, 1898
Palavras-chave:
tityus trivittatus, zona mata, habitat natural, troncos vivos, escorpiões capturadosResumo
The author received from Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais State, in the period of January 1957 to February 1958, 158 specimens of scorpions of wich only 7 were not T. trivittatus. There were observed 12 cases of occorrence of this arachnid in houses, 3 on living trees, 1 in the crib of a farm, 1 in a pile of bricks, 1 on a bamboo fence and the others were found in fallen plants on the ground and on banks.
Three reasons are proposed to explain the presence of this arachnid in houses of Vigosa County: the use of wood as fuel, large oscillation of temperature from day to night and the combined effect of both factors. The presence of T. trivittatus on tree trunks is considered more a momentary defense measure than a natural habit of the animal.
Referências
— Mello Campos, Dr. Oswaldo de: Os escorpiões brasileiros. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 17(2) 237 - 303, 1924.
— Kraepelin. Karl: Das Tierreich 8. Lieferung. Scorpiones und Pedipalpi, 1899.
— Mello — Leitão, Dr. Candido de: Escorpiões Sul-Americanos. Arquivos do Museu Nacional vol. XL, 1945.
— Loureiro, Milgar Camargos: Subsidios a bibliografia brasileira de Zoologia. 1. Scorpionidea. Revista Ceres 25: 119-125 Jan-Junho de 1957.
— Bucherl, Woligan & Pucca, Nicolona: Escorpiões e escorpionismo no Brasil. III: Titulação por meio de comundongos, das peconhas de Tiiyus costatus (Karsch), Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898 e Bothriurus banariensis (Koch), 1842. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 27: 41-50, 1946/6.
