Chaerilus is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae.[1] They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.[2] A fossil genus Electrochaerilus is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.

Chaerilus
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Chaerilus pseudoconchiformus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Chaerilidae
Genus: Chaerilus
Simon, 1877
Diversity
46 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaerilus Simon, 1877
  • Chelomachus Thorell, 1889
  • Uromachus Pocock, 1890

Description

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Total length is 15 to 75.4 mm. Orthobothriotaxy is type B. Pedipalp patella with 3 ventral trichobothria and pedipalp femur with 9 trichobothria. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger is crenulated. Ventrum of cheliceral fixed finger with denticle. Hemisperatophore fusiform. Pedipalp chela exhibits "8-carinae" configuration. Fifth metasomal segment consists with a single ventral carina. Legs are without tibial spurs. However prolateral and retrolateral pedal have spurs. Telson is without a subaculear tubercle.[3]

Species

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It contains the following species:[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Chaerilus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ Jonathan A. Coddington; Gonzalo Giribet; Mark S. Harvey; Lorenzo Prendini; David E. Walter (2004). "Arachnida". In Joel Cracraft; Michael J. Donoghue (eds.). Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press. pp. 296–318. ISBN 9780195172348.
  3. ^ 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. 2016 (220): 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  4. ^ Jan Ove Rein (December 29, 2015). "Chaerilidae Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files. Retrieved December 29, 2015.