The genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) in the Himalayas and description of a new species

and description of a new species. ZooKeys 37: 13–25. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.37.369 A new species is described belonging to the genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877. Chaerilus annapurna sp. n. was discovered in the high plateaux of the Himalayas in Central-Western Nepal. For comparative purposes a precise re-diagnosis is proposed for Chaerilus truncatus Karsch, 1879, originally described from an impre-cise locality in Himalaya. Th is species has recently been discussed by several authors: nevertheless, it has sometimes been the subject of misidentifi cation