''Chaerilus'' is a genus 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 in the family
Chaerilidae
Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. 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 '' Electrochaer ...
.
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
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(
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...
) 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. Th ...
.
Description
Total length is 15 to 75.4 mm.
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
Burmese amb ...
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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''
Vachon & Lourenço, 1985
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Chaerilus cimrmani''
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.
Description
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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.
Description
T ...
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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.
Description
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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.
Description
T ...
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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.
Description
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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.
Description
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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.
Description
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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.
Description
T ...
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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.
Description
T ...
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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''
Di & Zhu, 2009
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Chaerilus petrzelkai''
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''
Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus robinsoni''
Hirst, 1911
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Chaerilus sabinae''
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''
Lourenço & Duhem, 2010
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Chaerilus telnovi''
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''
Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2010
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Chaerilus tichyi''
Kovařík, 2000
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Chaerilus tricostatus''
Pocock, 1899
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Chaerilus truncatus''
Karsch, 1879
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Chaerilus tryznai''
Kovařík, 2000
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Chaerilus variegatus''
Simon, 1877
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Chaerilus vietnamicus''
Lourenço & Zhu, 2008
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Chaerilus wrzecionkoi''
Kovařík, 2012
See also
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Ctri9577
References
Scorpion genera
Chaerilidae
Fauna of Southeast Asia
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