Chaerilobuthus birmanicus Lourenço 2015 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Pseudochactidae

Full reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2015. Clarification of the familiar status of the genus Palaeoburmesebuthus Lourenço, 2002 from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae: Palaeoburmesebuthinae). Mesozoic Spiders (Araneae): Ancient Spider Faunas and Spider Evolution, Beiträge zur Araneologie 9:465-475

Belongs to Chaerilobuthus according to W. R. Lourenço 2015

Sister taxa: Chaerilobuthus brandti, Chaerilobuthus brigittemuellerae, Chaerilobuthus bruckschi, Chaerilobuthus complexus, Chaerilobuthus enigmaticus, Chaerilobuthus gigantosternum, Chaerilobuthus hansgeorgmuelleri, Chaerilobuthus knodelorum, Chaerilobuthus longiaculeus, Chaerilobuthus meggeri, Chaerilobuthus petersi, Chaerilobuthus schmidti, Chaerilobuthus schwarzi, Chaerilobuthus serratus, Chaerilobuthus staxi

Type specimen: F2471/BU/CJW, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Wunderlich collection)

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