Arachnura
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Australasia
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, with one species found in Africa
Africa
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and Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
. These spiders mimic litter, like twigs or dead leaves, by a brownish color and appendages. They stay at the middle of their web day and night. Among the common names are Tailed spider, Scorpion-tailed spider and Scorpion spider. They do curl up their tail when disturbed, but this tail is completely harmless, as they are not closely related to order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
scorpiones. Bites are rare, and result in minor symptoms such as local pain and swelling.
Females are between 1 and 3 cm long, males reach only 2 mm and are tailless.
A. logio is called Kijiro o-hiki-gumo in Japanese. A. feredayi is commonly called Tailed forest spider. A. higginsi is often found in large numbers near water in Australia.
Species
- Arachnura angura Tikader, 1970 — India
- Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942 — New Guinea, Queensland
- Arachnura feredayi (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
- Arachnura heptotubercula Yin, Hu & Wang, 1983 — China
- Arachnura higginsiArachnura higginsiArachnura higginsi, known as the Tailed Spider or Scorpion Tailed Spider is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It occurs in many parts of Australia.- Description and Habit :...
(L. Koch, 1872) — Australia, Tasmania - Arachnura logioArachnura logioArachnura logio is a species of spider of the family Araneidae. It ranges from China to Japan....
Yaginuma, 1956 — China, Japan - Arachnura melanuraArachnura melanuraArachnura melanura, also known as black tail spider and drag tail spider is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It ranges from India to Japan to Sulawesi. It camouflages itself by mimicking dead leaves and twigs to lure its prey....
Simon, 1867 — India to Japan and Sulawesi - Arachnura perfissa (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar
- Arachnura pygmaea (Thorell, 1890) — Nias Islands
- Arachnura quinqueapicata Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
- Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 — Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritius
- Arachnura simoni Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
- Arachnura spinosa (Saito, 1933) — Taiwan