Chaerilus Simon, 1877

(Figs. 13, 200, 428–457)

Chaerilus Simon, 1877: 238; 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 .

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.