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Scorpion sting site on the middle of the thumb 56 hours after the accident.
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A 32-year-old healthy male weighting 72 kg was stung by a scorpion on his right thumb while collecting these animals (Figure 2).
Map of the Para state, in the northern Brazil. Inset emphasizes the hydrographic basin of the Tapajos river. The black star indicates Tapari, where the envenomation provoked by R. amazonicus occurred. Distance is shown on a relative scale bar. The map was created using the free software QGis 2.2.
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Para state, Brazil (02  26' 54" S; 54  53' 25" W) on October 17, 2013 (Figure 3). Previously, the species was identified as R. amazonicus by the arachnologist who originally described it, Dr Wilson R.