''Chaerilus'' is a genus of
scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...
s in 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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They live in tropical parts of
South Asia
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and
Southeast Asia
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. A fossil genus ''
Electrochaerilus'' is known from the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...
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Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
) aged
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
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Description
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.
Species
It contains the following species:
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Chaerilus agilis''
Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus andamanensis''
Lourenço, Duhem & Leguin, 2011
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Chaerilus annapurna''
Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
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Chaerilus anneae''
Lourenço, 2012
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Chaerilus assamensis''
Kraepelin, 1913
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Chaerilus borneensis''
Simon, 1880
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Chaerilus cavernicola
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Pocock, 1894
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Chaerilus celebensis''
Pocock, 1894
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Chaerilus ceylonensis''
Pocock, 1894
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Chaerilus chapmani
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Vachon & Lourenço, 1985
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Chaerilus cimrmani
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Kovařík, 2012
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Chaerilus conchiformus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Zhu, Han & Lourenço, 2008
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Chaerilus dibangvalleycus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Bastawade, 2006
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Chaerilus granulatus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Kovarík, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015
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Chaerilus hofereki
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Kovarik, Kral, Korinkova & Lerma, 2014
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Chaerilus insignis
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Pocock, 1894
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Chaerilus julietteae
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Lourenço, 2011
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Chaerilus kampuchea
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Lourenço, 2012
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Chaerilus laevimanus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus laoticus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
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Chaerilus lehtrarensis''
Khatoon, 1999
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Chaerilus longimanus''
Kovarík, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015
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Chaerilus mainlingensis
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Di & Zhu, 2009
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Chaerilus petrzelkai
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Kovařík, 2000
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Chaerilus ojangureni''
Kovařík, 2005
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Chaerilus phami''
Lourenço, 2011
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Chaerilus philippinus''
Lourenço & Ythier, 2008
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Chaerilus pictus''
(Pocock, 1890)
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Chaerilus rectimanus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
Description
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Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus robinsoni''
Hirst, 1911
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Chaerilus sabinae
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
Description
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Lourenço, 1995
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Chaerilus seiteri''
Kovařík, 2012
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Chaerilus sejnai''
Kovařík, 2005
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Chaerilus solegladi''
Kovařík, 2012
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Chaerilus spinatus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
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Chaerilus telnovi
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus ''Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Lourenço, 2009
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Chaerilus terueli''
Kovařík, 2012
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Chaerilus tessellatus''
Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005
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Chaerilus thai
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
Description
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Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2010
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Chaerilus tichyi
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
Description
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Kovařík, 2000
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Chaerilus tricostatus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus truncatus''
Karsch, 1879
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Chaerilus tryznai''
Kovařík, 2000
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Chaerilus variegatus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
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Simon, 1877
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Chaerilus vietnamicus
''Chaerilus'' is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae. They live in tropical parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. A fossil genus '' Electrochaerilus'' is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.
Description
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Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
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Chaerilus wrzecionkoi''
Kovařík, 2012
References
Scorpion genera
Chaerilidae
Fauna of Southeast Asia
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