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* ''Undue Heterometrus laevitensus'' <small>Couzijn 1981 </small> |
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* ''Heterometrus (Srilankametrus) gravimanus'' <small>Tikader & Bastawade, 1983</small> |
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'''''Heterometrus gravimanus''''' is a [[species]] of [[scorpion]] belonging to the family [[Scorpionidae]]. It is |
'''''Heterometrus gravimanus''''' is a [[species]] of [[scorpion]] belonging to the family [[Scorpionidae]]. It is native to [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arthropodacytogenetics.bio.br/scorpionsdatabase/Scorpionidae.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095230/http://www.arthropodacytogenetics.bio.br/scorpionsdatabase/Scorpionidae.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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This large scorpion has a total length of about 75 to 110 mm. Adults are uniformly reddish brown in color. Male has 13 to 16 pectinal teeth, whereas female has 11 to 13 pectinal teeth. Male has slightly longer pedipalp femur and patella than female. Chela lobiform, which is narrow in male. Manus covered by rounded granules. Pedipalp patella is smooth, and without pronounced internal tubercle. Carapace smooth, and glossy. Telson elongate. Hemispermatophore is lamelliform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kovařík |first=František |date=2015-12-10 |title=A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with descriptions of seven new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae) |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2004/iss15/1 |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=Euscorpius |pages=1–60 |doi=10.18590/euscorpius.2004.vol2004.iss15.1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Charles University |last2=Kovařík |first2=František |last3=Lowe |first3=Graeme |last4=Monell Chemical Senses Center |last5=Ranawana |first5=Kithsiri B. |last6=University of Peradeniya |last7=Hoferek |first7=David |last8=Jayarathne |first8=V. A. Sanjeewa |last9=University of Peradeniya |date=2016 |title=Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2016/iss220/1/ |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=Euscorpius |pages=1–133 |doi=10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1}}</ref> |
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During the hemolytic and enzymic investigations of the crude venom, both direct and indirect ([[Phospholipase A|phospholipase A]]) [[Hemolysin|hemolysin]]s were identified from the species.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fujimoto |first=Yukio |last2=Kaku |first2=Tenmin |date=1982 |title=Isolation and some prperties of the hemolysins from the crude venom extract of scorpion telson, Heterometrus Gravimanus. |url=http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bpb1978/5/2/5_2_63/_article |access-date=2021-08-31 |website=Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics |pages=63–72 |language=en |doi=10.1248/bpb1978.5.63}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Scorpionidae |
| Genus: | Heterometrus |
| Species: | H. gravimanus
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| Heterometrus gravimanus (Pocock, 1894)
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Heterometrus gravimanus is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
This large scorpion has a total length of about 75 to 110 mm. Adults are uniformly reddish brown in color. Male has 13 to 16 pectinal teeth, whereas female has 11 to 13 pectinal teeth. Male has slightly longer pedipalp femur and patella than female. Chela lobiform, which is narrow in male. Manus covered by rounded granules. Pedipalp patella is smooth, and without pronounced internal tubercle. Carapace smooth, and glossy. Telson elongate. Hemispermatophore is lamelliform.[2][3]
During the hemolytic and enzymic investigations of the crude venom, both direct and indirect (phospholipase A) hemolysins were identified from the species.[4]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kovařík, František (2015-12-10). "A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with descriptions of seven new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae)". Euscorpius. pp. 1–60. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2004.vol2004.iss15.1. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n". Euscorpius. pp. 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Fujimoto, Yukio; Kaku, Tenmin (1982). "Isolation and some prperties of the hemolysins from the crude venom extract of scorpion telson, Heterometrus Gravimanus". Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. pp. 63–72. doi:10.1248/bpb1978.5.63. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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