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Chaerilobuthinae

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Pseudochactidae

Taxonomy
Chaerilobuthidae was named by Lourenço and Beigel (2011). Its type is Chaerilobuthus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Chaerilobuthinae by Xuan et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Scorpiones by Lourenço and Beigel (2011); and to Pseudochactidae by Xuan et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Chaerilobuthidae Lourenço and Beigel p. 636
2025Chaerilobuthinae Xuan et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderOrthosternina()
—Pseudochactida
superfamilyPseudochactoideaGromov 1998
familyPseudochactidaeGromov 1998
subfamilyChaerilobuthinae()
subfamilyChaerilobuthinae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Chaerilobuthinae Lourenço and Beigel 2011
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G. †Chaerilobuthus Lourenço and Beigel 2011
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†Chaerilobuthus birmanicus Lourenço 2015
†Chaerilobuthus brandti Lourenço 2022
†Chaerilobuthus bruckschi Lourenço 2015
†Chaerilobuthus complexus Lourenço and Beigel 2011
†Chaerilobuthus enigmaticus Lourenço 2015
†Chaerilobuthus knodelorum Lourenço 2018
†Chaerilobuthus longiaculeus Lourenço 2013
†Chaerilobuthus meggeri Lourenço 2021
†Chaerilobuthus petersi Lourenço 2024
†Chaerilobuthus schmidti Lourenço 2024
†Chaerilobuthus schwarzi Lourenço 2015
†Chaerilobuthus serratus Lourenço 2016
†Chaerilobuthus staxi Lourenço 2024
Invalid names: Chaeriloiurus Lourenço 2020 [synonym], Serratochaerilobuthus Lourenço 2024 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Chaerilobuthus brandti (230228) Chaerilobuthus bruckschi (196548) Chaerilobuthus complexus (153586) Chaerilobuthus complexus, Chaerilobuthus gigantosternum, Chaerilobuthus serratus, Chaerilobuthus bruckschi, Chaerilobuthus enigmaticus, Chaerilobuthus hansgeorgmuelleri, Chaerilobuthus knodelorum (161726) Chaerilobuthus gigantosternum, Chaerilobuthus serratus (172900) Chaerilobuthus longiaculeus, Chaerilobuthus birmanicus (144466) Chaerilobuthus meggeri (230227) Chaerilobuthus petersi (230231) Chaerilobuthus staxi (230232)