Five new species of Chaerilus Simon, 1877 from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam (Scorpiones: Chaerilidae) Author Kovařík, František text Euscorpius 2012 149 1 14 journal article 1536-9307 5C2FC35A-9FD2-4A0D-B722-9A6EA59F5B8B Chaerilus Simon, 1877 ( Figs. 1–77 ) Chaerilus Simon, 1877: 238 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 157 ; Pocock, 1900: 53 ; Kraepelin, 1913: 138 ; Vachon, 1953: 10 ; Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 318; Sissom, 1990: 114 ; Fet, 2000: 323 ; Kovařík, 2000: 38 ; Qi et al., 2005: 29 . = 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 . Pedipalp patella with three ventral trichobothria and pedipalp femur with 9 trichobothria, 4 of them dorsal. Fifth metasomal segment with a single ventral carina. Sternum subpentagonal. Legs without tibial spurs, but with prolateral and retrolateral pedal spurs. Tarsi of legs bear two rows of ventral setae and a median row of spinules. Telson without a subaculear tubercle. Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger crenulated, dorsal edge with a single subdistal denticle. Ventral surface of cheliceral fixed finger with four denticles.