Chaerilus Simon, 1877

(Figures 1–86, Table 1)

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Chaerilus Simon, 1877: 238; Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 131–145, figs. 617–776 (complete reference list until 2013); Kovařík et al, 2015: 1–21, figs. 1–91, tables 1–3; Kovařík et al., 2018: 1–27, figs. 1–125, tables 1–2; Kovařík, 2019: 1–9, figs. 1–58, table 1.

= 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 16–80 mm; trichobothrial pattern orthobothriotaxic tYpe B; pedipalp femur d 3 –d 4 trichobothrial axis angled toward dorsoexternal carina; patella with 3 ventral trichobothria, femur with 9 trichobothria (4 dorsal); cheliceral fixed finger with median and basal denticles flush on surface, not fused into bicusp; ventral margin of cheliceral movable finger crenulated, dorsal margin with single subdistal denticle; ventral surface of cheliceral fixed finger with 4–8 denticles; sternum, type 1, exhibiting subtle, wide horizontal compression; lateral eYes usuallY composed of 2 large major ocelli, eYespot present; maxillarY lobes I spatulate; hemispermatophore fusiform; ovariuterus 6-celled, embrYonic development apoikogenic; lateral lYmphoid organs absent; stigmata oval or round; median denticle row (MD) of pedipalp chela finger arranged in oblique groups; pedipalp chela with 8-carina configuration; legs without tibial spurs, but with prolateral and retrolateral pedal spurs; tarsi of legs with 2–4 rows of ventral setae and a median row of spinules; fifth metasomal segment with a single ventral carina; telson without subaculear tubercle; sclerotized cuticle of integument with weak or no autofluorescence emission under ultraviolet (UV) excitation.