Chaerilus celebensis Pocock, 1894

Chaerilus celebensis Pocock, 1894 View in CoL

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Chaerilus celebensis Pocock, 1894: 93 View in CoL ; Kraepelin, 1899: 158; Kraepelin, 1913: 145; Fage, 1946: 72 (misidentification); Takashima, 1945: 99; Kova ík, 2000: 43; Lourenço & Ythier, 2008: 27.

Material examined. – 1 female-juvenile holotype (BMNH- 1896.10.6.5.), Indonesia, Luwu , Celebes ( Sulawesi) Island, coll. M. Weber, 6 Jun.1896 ; 1 female ( ZMUH), Indonesia, Luwu , Celebes ( Sulawesi) Island, Sadara-Spitze, coll. Sarasin, 4 Mar.1897 ; 1 female ( MNHN), Indonesia, Luwu, Celebes ( Sulawesi) Island, Malino , slopes of the Lompobatang, 1500 m alt., coll. P. Leclerc, 6 Jul.1986 ; 1 male-juvenile ( MHNH), Indonesia, Luwu , Celebes ( Sulawesi) Island, Tacipi-Lampo, Bone, coll. P. Leclerc, 17 Jul.1986 ; 1 female-juvenile ( MHBU), Indonesia, Luwu , Celebes ( Sulawesi) Island, Tacipi-Lampo, Bone, coll. P. Leclerc, 15 Jul.1986 .

Diagnosis. – Species with small to moderate size in relation to the other species of the genus with 22 to 26 mm in total length.

Coloration. – Basically reddish-yellow to yellowish-brown. Carapace reddish to reddish-brown, with two posterior spots on posterior edge; tergites yellowish, intensely marked with brownish confluent spots. Metasoma: All segments yellowish with variegated brownish spots; dorsal surface of segments not spotted; carinae dark reddish-brown. Telson yellowish with diffused brownish spots; aculeus reddish. Chelicerae yellowish with rather diffused variegated spots; fingers with reddish teeth. Pedipalps: reddish to reddish-brown with some diffused brownish spots; carinae blackish-brown; chela fingers very dark. Legs yellowish with diffused brownish variegated spots. Venter and sternites yellowish; with the exception of the pectines, all other structures are marked with rather diffused brownish spots (note: coloration is extensively described because of the diagnostic importance of this character in relation to closely related species).Morphology: Carapace with the anterior margin weakly concave; carinae weakly marked; moderately granular in males, more densely granular in females; furrows moderately to weakly deep. Metasomal carinae moderately to strongly granular; ventral carinae absent from segment I. Dentate margins of fixed and movable fingers of pedipalp chela with 6-7 rows of granules, not well delimited. Pectinal tooth count 3-4 in males, 3 in females. Genital operculum plates have a sub-oval shape. Trichobothriotaxy of type B, orthobothriotaxic.

Distribution. – C. celebensis has been cited from different locations, including some outside Indonesia. These correspond, however, to misidentifications, and this species can only be confirmed up to know from Celebes ( Sulawesi) Island.