title: Introducing Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) scorpion as one of the major stinging scorpions in Khuzestan, Iran.
abstract: Khuzestan province has the highest rate of scorpion sting in Iran. This is a study to identify these scorpions in Khuzestan. In this study 418 scorpions were kept in the ethyl alcohol 70%, each being studied by stereomicroscopy and diagnosis key separately. 120 (28.7%) Androctonus crassicauda, 104 (24.9%) Hemiscorpius lepturus, 91 (21.7%) Mesobuthus eupeus, 86 (20.65%) Compsobuthus matthiesseni, 14 (3.35%) Hottentotta saulcyi, 2 (0.5%) Orthochirus scrobiculosus and 1 (0.25%) Hottentotta schach were identified. H. lepturus is in the Hemiscorpiidae family and the rest are in Buthidae. C. matthiesseni is the most frequent and O. scrobiculosus is the least frequent newly identified scorpion. This study adds two new sting scorpions to the previous list of 8 identified scorpions in Iran.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. dehghani37@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ruhollah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.forename: Navid Dinparast
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Djadid
authors.forename: Dellavar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shahbazzadeh
authors.forename: Shahlla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bigdelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D007501:Iron; D012605:Scorpions / Q000145:classification*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007501:Iron