Simple Summary Pseudoscorpions are a wide-spread, but often-overlooked group of
animals. They are generally of small body size and rather homogeneous appearance. The …

Over time, mountain biota has undergone complex evolutionary histories that have left
imprints on its genomic arrangement, geographical distribution and diversity of …

Iguanas (Pleurodonta) are predominantly distributed in the New World, but one previously
cytogenetically understudied family, Opluridae, is endemic to Madagascar and the adjacent …

Scleropages formosus (Osteoglossiformes, Teleostei) represents one of the most valued
ornamental fishes, yet it is critically endangered due to overexploitation and habitat …

The scorpions represent an ancient and morphologically conserved order of arachnids.
Despite that, their karyotypes may differ considerably even among closely related species. In …

Tityus curupi n. sp., belonging to the bolivianus complex, is described from the
biogeographically distinct area of Paraje Tres Cerros in north-eastern Argentina. We also …

Background Holocentric chromosomes occur in approximately 750 species of eukaryotes.
Among them, the genus Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) has a labile karyotype that shows …

The karyotype is the characterization of number, size, and morphology of the set of
chromosomes of a species, as seen under the microscope. Studying the karyotypic evolution …

Abstract The rare Horn of Africa buthid genera Lanzatus Kovařík, 2001, Orthochirus Karsch,
1891, and Somalicharmus Kovařík, 1998 were newly collected. Lanzatus is reported for the …

Since the publication of the ground-breaking “Catalogue of the scorpions of the world (1758–
1998)”(Fet et al. 2000) the number of species in the scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 has …