''Chaerilus celebensis'' also known as the Asian bush scorpion or speckled bush scorpion is a
species of
scorpion from the family
Chaerilidae
Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. It contains two genera, the extant ''Chaerilus'' (Simon, 1877) and the extinct ''Electrochaerilus'' (Santiago-Blay, Fet, Soleglad & Anderson, 2004).
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. It was described in 1894 by
Reginald Innes Pocock
Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist.
Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward ...
, using material from
Luwu on the island of
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
(Celebes) in
Indonesia.
Although it has been reported from a number of locations in
Southeast Asia, the only reliable records are from Luwu.
Specimens are stocky and barely exceed in length. They rarely sting and their venom is of little or no medical significance.
They live in tropical forests, but remain in the soil and mulch, graze on low vegetation and insects and are not capable of climbing vertical surfaces.
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Chaerilidae
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Arthropods of Indonesia
Animals described in 1894
Scorpions of Asia
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