Ovulation, fertilization and embryonic development in scorpions: A partial review

African Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-68

  Warburg, M R ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryo numbers; Embryonic diapause; Fertilization; Ovulation; Scorpions

Indexed keywords

SCORPIONES;

EID: 84860331052     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.020.0108     Document Type: Review

References (43)

1. BRAUER, A. 1894. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Skorpions. I. Teil. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 57: 402-432.
2. BRAUER, A. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Skorpions. II. Teil. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 59: 351-435.
3. BRAUER, A. 1917. Über Doppelbildung des Skorpions (Euscorpius carpathicus L. ). Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1917: 208-221.
4. DAWYDOFF, C. 1949. Développement embryonnaire des Arachnides. In: Grassé, P. P. (Ed. ) Traité de Zoologie VI. 320-385. Masson & Cie, Paris.
5. DUFOUR, L. 1856. Histoire anatomique et physiologique des scorpions. Mémoires sur l'Académie des Science de Mathématique et Physologique 14: 561-656.
6. DUVERNOY, M. 1853. Fragments sur les organes de génération de divers animaux. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 23: 105-299.
7. FARLEY, R. D. 1996. Formation of maternal trophic structures for embryos of Paruroctonus mesaensis (Scorpionida: Vaejovidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, vol. hors série 1, 189-202
8. FARLEY, R. D. 1999. Scorpiones. In: Harrison, F. W. & Foelix, R. F. (Eds), Microscopical Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol. 8A. Chelicerata Arthropoda. 117-222. Wiley-Liss, New York.
9. KOWALEVSKY, A. & SCHULGIN, M. 1886. Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Skorpions (Androctonus ornatus). Biologische Zentralblat 6: 525-532.
10. LAURIE, M. 1890. The embryology of a scorpion (Euscorpius italicus). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science N. S. 31: 105-141.
11. LAURIE, M. 1891. Some points in the development of Scorpio fulvipes. Journal of Microscopical Science N. S. 32: 587-597.
12. LOURENÇO, W. R. 2002. Reproduction in scorpions, with special reference to parthenogenesis. European Arachnology 2000. 71-85. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus, Denmark.
13. MATHEW, A. P. 1948. Nutrition in the advanced embryo of the scorpion: Palamnaeus scaber Thorell. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science Sect. B. 27: 111-118.
14. MATHEW, A. P. 1956. Embryology of Heterometrus scaber. Bulletin of the Centre of Research Institute of Travancore: 1-96.
15. MATHEW, A. P. 1959. Changes in the structure of the ovarian and diverticular mucosa in Heterometrus scaber (Thorell) during a reproductive cycle. Proceedings of the 1st All Indian Congress of Zoology, Part 2: 100-111.
16. MATHEW, A. P. 1960. Embryonic nutrition in Lychas tricarinatus. Journal of the Zoological Society of London 12: 220-228.
17. MATHEW, A. P. 1962. Reproductive biology of Lychas tricarinatus (Simon). Biological Bulletin 123: 344-350.
18. MATHEW, A. P. 1968. Embryonic nutrition in Urodacus abruptus, Pocock. Journal of Animal Morphology and Physiology 15: 162-167.
19. MATTHIESEN, F. A. 1970. Reproductive system and embryos of Brazilian scorpions. Anais du Academia Brasileira de Ciências 42: 627-632.
20. METSCHNIKOFF, E. 1870. Embryologie des Scorpions. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 21: 204-232.
21. MÜLLER, J. 1828. Beiträge zur Anatomie des Scorpions. Meckel's Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie 13: 29-70.
22. OUTEDA-JORGE, S. T., MELLO, S. T. & PINTO-DAROCHA, R. 2009. Litter size, effects of maternal body size, and date of birth in South American scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Zoologia 26: 43-53.
23. PAVLOWSKY, E. 1925. Zur Morphologie des weiblichen Genitalapparats und zur Embryologie der Skorpione. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS 26: 137-305.
24. PERETTI, A. V. 2010. Anancient indirect sex model: single and mixed patterns in the evolution of scorpion genitalia. In: Leonard, J. L. & Cordoba-Aguilar, A. (Eds), The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals. 218-248. Oxford University Press.
25. PFLUGFELDER, O. 1930. Zur Embryologie des Skorpions Hormurus australasiae (F. ). Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 137: 1-29.
26. POLIS, G. A. & FARLEY, R. D. 1979. Characteristics and environmental determinants of natality, growth and maturity in a natural population of the desert scorpion, Paruroctonus mesaensis (Scorpionida: Vaejovidae). Journal of Zoology 187: 517-542.
27. POLJANSKY, I. 1903. Wissenschaftiche Mitteilungen. 1. Zur Embryologie des Skorpions. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 49-58.
28. REDI, F. 1688. Esperienze Intorno alla Generazione degl'insetti. Carlo Dati, Firenze (English translation 1909 by M. Bigelow).
29. SHORTHOUSE, D. J. 1971. Studies on the biology and energetics of the scorpion Urodacus yaschenkoi. Ph. D. dissertation, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
30. SHORTHOUSE, D. J, & MARPLES, T. G. 1982. The life stages and population dynamics of an arid zone scorpion Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula 1903). Australian Journal of Ecology 7: 109-118.
31. SMITH, G. T. 1966. Observations on the life history of the scorpion Urodacus abruptus Pocock (Scorpionidae), and an analysis of its home sites. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 383-398.
32. STOCKMANN, R. 1990. Un organe proviso ire des pédipalpes chez des embryons de scorpions: une tétine à deux niveaux de pression chez les scorpions vivipares. In: Célérier, M-L., Heurtault, J. & Rollard, C. (eds) Comptes rendus du XIIème Colloque européen d'Arachnologie. Bulletin de la Société européenne d'Arachnologie No. hors serie 1, Paris: 334-339.
33. SUBBURAM, V. & GOPALAKRISHNA REDDY, T. 1981. Morphology of the embryonic stages of the viviparous scorpion, Heterometrus fulvipes: a photographic study. Journal of Morphology 169: 275-281.
34. SUBBURAM, V. & GOPALAKRISHNA REDDY, T. 1989. Functional morphology of the appendix of the viviparous scorpion, Heterometrus fulvipes (Koch) (Arachnida: Scorpionidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 18: 329-333.
35. VACHON, M. 1950. Remarques préliminaires sur l'alimentation les organes chélicériens le biberon et la tétine de l'embryon du scorpion: Ischnurus corpus C. L. Koch (Scorpionidae). Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale 86: 137-156.
36. VOLSCHENCK, E. S., MATTONI, C. L. & PRENDINI, L. 2008. Comparative anatomy of the mesosomal organs of scorpions (Chelicerata, Scorpiones), with implications for the phylogeny of the order. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 651-675.
37. WARBURG, M. R. 2001. Scorpion's reproductive strategies, potential and longevity; an eco-morphologist's interpretation. In: Fet, V. & Selden, P. A. (Eds), Scorpions 2001-In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. 349-358. British Arachnological Society, Burnham Beeches, Bucks.
38. WARBURG, M. R. 2010. The scorpion female's reproductive system; a partial review. Anatomical Record 293: 1738-1754.
39. WARBURG, M. R. & ROSENBERG, M. 1992. The reproductive system of a scorpion, Nebo hierichonticus (Simon) (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 21: 365-368.
40. WARBURG, M. R. & ROSENBERG, M. 1993. The female reproductive system in Scorpio maurus fuscus (Scorpiones; Scorpionidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 39: 23-27.
41. WARBURG, M. R. & ROSENBERG, M. 1994. The female reproductive system of the EasternAustralian scorpion. Tissue & Cell 26: 779-783.
42. WARBURG, M. R. & ROSENBERG, M. 1996. A different oogenetic pattern in an American apoikogenous scorpion, Vaejovis spinigerus (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). Tissue & Cell 28: 751-757.
43. WARBURG, M. R., ELIAS, R. & ROSENBERG, M. 1995. Ovariuterus and oocyte dimensions in the female buthid scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus, H. & E. (Scorpionidae; Buthidae), and the effect of higher temperature. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 27: 21-28.