Chaerilus Simon, 1877

Kovařík, František, 2019, Chaerilus alberti sp. n. from Malaysia (Scorpiones Chaerilidae), Euscorpius 274 : -

Chaerilus Simon, 1877

( Figs.1–58, Table 1)

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, 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; Orthobothriotaxy type B; pedipalp femoral d 3 –d 4 trichobothria configuration points toward dorsoexternal carina; pedipalp patella with three ventral trichobothria and pedipalp femur with 9 trichobothria, 4 of them dorsal; cheliceral fixed finger with median and basal denticles flush on surface, not fused into bicusp; ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger crenulated, dorsal edge with single subdistal denticle; ventral surface of cheliceral fixed finger with four denticles; dorsal edge of cheliceral movable finger with a single subdistal denticle; ventral surface of cheliceral fixed finger with denticles; sternum, type 1, exhibits subtle wide horizontal compression; maxillary lobes I spatulate; hemispermatophore is fusiform; median denticle row (MD) of pedipalp chela finger arranged in oblique groups; pedipalp chela exhibits “8-carina” configuration; legs without tibial spurs, but with prolateral and retrolateral pedal spurs; tarsi of legs bear two or four rows of ventral setae and median row of spinules; fifth metasomal segment with a single ventral carina; telson without subaculear tubercle.