Centruroides schmidti (Scorpiones: Buthidae) en Costa Rica / Centruroides Schmidti (scorpiones: Buthidae) in Costa Rica

Centruroides schmidti Sissom, 1995 is the new identification designate of the scorpions previously known as C. thorelli (Kraepelin, 1891) in Northwest Costa Rica. The geographical distribution of the species in this country is established on the basis of new collected material. Its distribution includes the Pacific slope of the Guanacaste volcanic range, and the Pacific and Atlantic slopes of the Tilarßn volcanic range between 50 and 775 m elevation above sea level, within the Costa Rican Guanacaste and Alajuela provinces.

Complementos a la descripción de Tityus dedoslargos (Scorpiones: Buthidae) / Complements to the description of Tityus dedoslargos (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

The female of the Costarican scorpion Tityus dedoslargos Francke and Stockwell, 1987 is described for the first time and new data on its morphological variation and natural history are given. The female differs from the male mainly in having an enlarged basal median lamellae on the pectines, and lacking modified pedipalps. The species type locality relocated. This species is recorded from only two Costarican provinces: San Jose and Puntarenas.

Escorpiones (Arachnida) del ArchipiÚlago de Bocas del Toro, Panamá / Scorpions(Arachnida) from Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panamá

Four species of buthid scorpions (Ananteris platnicki Lourenço, 1993; Centruroides limbatus [Pocock, 1898]; Tityus pachyurus [Pocock, 1897]; and T. ocelote Francke and Stockwell, 1987) are recorded for the first time from some islands and cays of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. Morphological variation and ecological data are given for all the species. This is the first Panamanian record for both C. limbatus and T. ocelote. The scorpion fauna of the Bocas de Toro Archipelago is related with the recent fauna of the Atlantic continental lowland region of Costa Rica and Panama and includes Amazonian-Guyanese (genera Ananteris and Tityus) as well as Mexican-North Central American (genus Centruroides) elements.

Encuesta de escorpiones en viviendas y personas picadas en 7 municipios de la provincia Ciego de Avila / Scorpion survey in housings and bitten people in seven municipalities in the province of Ciego de Avila

Se efectuó una encuesta por el Departamanto de Control de Vectores en 7 municipios de la provincia Ciego de Avila, donde se visitaron viviendas urbanas para conocer la presencia de alacranes, el número de personas picadas y las que recibieron atención médica. Se encuestaron el 11,3 % de las viviendas de los municipios estudiados; se detectaron escorpiones en el 17,8 % de los domicilios pesquisados. Se registraron 93 personas picadas y de ellas 14 recibieron atención médica