''Chaerilus'' is a genus of
scorpions 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 and
Southeast Asia. A fossil genus ''
Electrochaerilus'' is known from the
Late Cretaceous (
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.
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
''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 & Leguin, 2011
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Chaerilus annapurna
''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 & Duhem, 2010
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Chaerilus anneae
''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 assamensis
''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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Kraepelin, 1913
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Chaerilus borneensis
''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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Simon, 1880
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Chaerilus cavernicola''
Pocock, 1894
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Chaerilus celebensis
''Chaerilus celebensis'' also known as the Asian bush scorpion or speckled bush scorpion is a species of scorpion from the family Chaerilidae. It was described in 1894 by Reginald Innes Pocock, using material from Luwu on the island of Sulawes ...
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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.
Description
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Vachon & Lourenço, 1985
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Chaerilus cimrmani''
Kovařík, 2012
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Chaerilus conchiformus''
Zhu, Han & Lourenço, 2008
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Chaerilus dibangvalleycus''
Bastawade, 2006
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Chaerilus granulatus''
Kovarík, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015
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Chaerilus hofereki''
Kovarik, Kral, Korinkova & Lerma, 2014
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Chaerilus insignis''
Pocock, 1894
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Chaerilus julietteae''
Lourenço, 2011
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Chaerilus kampuchea''
Lourenço, 2012
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Chaerilus laevimanus''
Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus laoticus''
Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
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Chaerilus lehtrarensis
''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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Khatoon, 1999
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Chaerilus longimanus
''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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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.
Description
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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.
Description
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Kovařík, 2000
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Chaerilus ojangureni''
Kovařík, 2005
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Chaerilus phami
''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 philippinus''
Lourenço & Ythier, 2008
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Chaerilus pictus
''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, 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.
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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
''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, 2012
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Chaerilus sejnai
''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, 2005
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Chaerilus solegladi
''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 spinatus''
Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
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Chaerilus telnovi''
Lourenço, 2009
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Chaerilus terueli
''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 tessellatus
''Chaerilus tessellatus'' is a species of scorpion in the Chaerilidae
Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. It contains two genera, the extant ''Chaerilus'' (Simon, 1877) and the extinct ''Electrochaerilus'' (Santiago-Blay, Fet, Soleglad & A ...
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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.
Description
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Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus truncatus''
Karsch, 1879
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Chaerilus tryznai
''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 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.
Description
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Simon, 1877
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Chaerilus vietnamicus''
Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
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Chaerilus wrzecionkoi''
Kovařík, 2012
References
Scorpion genera
Chaerilidae
Fauna of Southeast Asia
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