Chaerilidae is a family of
scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the Order (biology), order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of Chela (organ), grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward cur ...
s. It contains two genera, the extant ''
Chaerilus
''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) and the extinct ''
Electrochaerilus'' (Santiago-Blay, Fet, Soleglad & Anderson, 2004).
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Scorpion families
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