Chaerilus Simon, 1877

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A., 2016, Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat n, Euscorpius 220, pp. 1-133 : 88-96

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7124572

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Chaerilus Simon, 1877
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Chaerilus Simon, 1877 View in CoL

( Figs. 13 View Figures 12–15 , 200 View Figures 193–200 , 428–457 View Figures 403–429 View Figures 430–435 View Figures 436–439 View Figures 440–445 View Figures 446–453 View Figures 454–457 )

Chaerilus Simon, 1877: 238 View in CoL ; Fet, 2000: 323–328 (complete reference list until 1998); Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 131–145, figs. ZN.1–7, 617–776 (reference list until 2013); Kovařík et al., 2015: 1–21, figs. 1–91.

= Chelomachus Thorell, 1889: 583 (syn. by Kraepelin, 1899: 157).

= Uromachus Pocock, 1890: 250 (syn. by Kraepelin, 1899: 157).

TYPE SPECIES. Chaerilus variegatus Simon, 1877 View in CoL .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 15–75.4 mm. Orthobothriotaxy type B; pedipalp femoral d 3 – d 4 trichobothria configuration points toward dorsoexternal carina; pedipalp patella with 3 ventral trichobothria and pedipalp femur with 9 trichobothria, 4 of them dorsal. Cheliceral fixed finger with median and basal denticles flush on surface, not conjoined on common trunk; ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger crenulated; dorsal edge of cheliceral movable finger with a single subdistal denticles; ventral surface of cheliceral fixed finger with denticle. Sternum, type 1, exhibits subtle wide horizontal compression; maxillary lobes I spatulate. Hemispermatophore fusiform. Pedipalp patella with "6-carinae" configuration. Median denticle row of pedipalp chelal finger arranged in oblique groups; pedipalp chela exhibits "8-carinae" configuration. Fifth metasomal segment with single ventral carina. Legs without tibial spurs, but with prolateral and retrolateral pedal spurs. Tarsi of legs bear two rows of ventral setae and median row of spinules. Telson without subaculear tubercle.

DISTRIBUTION. Oriental region from India to Melanesia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Chaerilidae

Loc

Chaerilus Simon, 1877

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David & Š, V. A. 2016
2016
Loc

Uromachus

KRAEPELIN 1899: 157
POCOCK, R. I. 1890: 250
1890
Loc

Chelomachus

KRAEPELIN 1899: 157
THORELL, T. 1889: 583
1889
Loc

Chaerilus

KOVARIK, F. & G. LOWE & M. SEITER & J. PLISKOVA & F. STAHLAVSKY 2015: 1
KOVARIK, F & A. A. OJANGUREN AFFILASTRO 2013: 131
Fet 2000: 323 - 328
SIMON, E. 1877: 238
1877
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