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:
- Chaerilus adrianoi <small>Lourenço & Ythier, 2024</small>
- Chaerilus agilis <small>Pocock, 1899</small>
- Chaerilus agnellivanniorum <small>Lourenço & Rossi, 2018</small>
- Chaerilus alberti <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2019</small>
- Chaerilus andamanensis <small>Lourenço, Duhem & Leguin, 2011</small>
- Chaerilus annapurna <small>Lourenço & Duhem, 2010</small>
- Chaerilus anneae <small>Lourenço, 2012</small>
- Chaerilus assamensis <small>Kraepelin, 1913</small>
- Chaerilus birmanicus <small>Thorell, 1889</small>
- Chaerilus borneensis <small>Simon, 1880</small>
- Chaerilus cavernicola <small>Pocock, 1894</small>
- Chaerilus celebensis <small>Pocock, 1894</small>
- Chaerilus ceylonensis <small>Pocock, 1894</small>
- Chaerilus chapmani <small>Vachon & Lourenço, 1985</small>
- Chaerilus chubluk <small>Lourenço, Tran & Pham, 2020</small>
- Chaerilus cimrmani <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2012</small>
- Chaerilus conchiformus <small>Zhu, Han & Lourenço, 2008</small>
- Chaerilus granulatus <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015</small>
- Chaerilus herta <small>Tang, 2025</small>
- Chaerilus hofereki <small>Kovarik, Kral, Korinkova & Lerma, 2014</small>
- Chaerilus insignis <small>Pocock, 1894</small>
- Chaerilus julietteae <small>Lourenço, 2011</small>
- Chaerilus kampuchea <small>Lourenço, 2012</small>
- Chaerilus kautti <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe, Stockmann & Stahlavsky, 2020</small>
- Chaerilus laevimanus <small>Pocock, 1899</small>
- Chaerilus laoticus <small>Lourenço & Zhu, 2008</small>
- Chaerilus lehtrarensis <small>Khatoon, 1999</small>
- Chaerilus longimanus <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe, Hoferek, Forman & Král, 2015</small>
- Chaerilus mainlingensis <small>Di & Zhu, 2009</small>
- Chaerilus majkusi <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2018</small>
- Chaerilus neradorum <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2018</small>
- Chaerilus ojangureni <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2005</small>
- Chaerilus pakistanus <small>Ythier & Lourenço, 2025</small>
- Chaerilus pathom <small>Lourenço & Pham, 2014</small>
- Chaerilus petrzelkai <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2000</small>
- Chaerilus philippinus <small>Lourenço & Ythier, 2008</small>
- Chaerilus pictus <small>(Pocock, 1890)</small>
- Chaerilus pseudoconchiformus <small>Yin, Qiu, Pan, Li & Di, 2015</small>
- Chaerilus pulcherrimus <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe, Stockmann & Stahlavsky, 2020</small>
- Chaerilus rectimanus <small>Pocock, 1899</small>
- Chaerilus robinsoni <small>Hirst, 1911</small>
- Chaerilus sabinae <small>Lourenço, 1995</small>
- Chaerilus seiteri <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2012</small>
- Chaerilus sejnai <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2005</small>
- Chaerilus solegladi <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2012</small>
- Chaerilus spinatus <small>Lourenço & Duhem, 2010</small>
- Chaerilus stockmannorum <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, Lowe & Stahlavsky, 2018</small>
- Chaerilus telnovi <small>Lourenço, 2009</small>
- Chaerilus terueli <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2012</small>
- Chaerilus tessellatus <small>Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005</small>
- Chaerilus thai <small>Lourenço, Sun & Zhu, 2010</small>
- Chaerilus tichyi <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2000</small>
- Chaerilus tricostatus <small>Pocock, 1899</small>
- Chaerilus truncatus <small>Karsch, 1879</small>
- Chaerilus tryznai <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2000</small>
- Chaerilus variegatus <small>Simon, 1877</small>
- Chaerilus vietnamicus <small>Lourenço & Zhu, 2008</small>
- Chaerilus wrzecionkoi <small>KovaÃ
ÂÃÂk, 2012</small>
See also
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