Chaerilus is a genus of scorpions in the family Chaerilidae.

[2] A fossil genus Electrochaerilus is known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber.

Ventral edge of cheliceral movable finger is crenulated.

Ventrum of cheliceral fixed finger with denticle.

Fifth metasomal segment consists with a single ventral carina.