Chaerilus

Chaerilus
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Chaerilus pseudoconchiformus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Chaerilidae
Genus: Chaerilus
Simon, 1877
Type species
Chaerilus variegatus
Simon, 1877
Diversity
59 species
Synonyms
  • Chaerilus Simon, 1877
  • Chelomachus Thorell, 1889
  • Uromachus Pocock, 1890

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

Total length is 15 to 75.4 mm.

Species

It contains the following species:

See also