Arachnura scorpionoides is a species of drag tail spider, in the genus Arachnura, native to Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Mauritius.[1] 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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Arachnura |
| Species: | A. scorpionoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
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References
edit- ^ "Arachnura scorpionoides". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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