Arachnura scorpionoides

Arachnura scorpionoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Arachnura
Species: A. scorpionoides
Binomial name
Arachnura scorpionoides
Vinson, 1863

Arachnura scorpionoides is a species of Drag Tail Spider, in the Arachnura genus, native to Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mauritius. A specimen of this species has recently been seen (January 2013) in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. The specimen laid over 65 eggs which later hatched, therefore making Arachnura scorpionoides a native species of Kenya.


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