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with one species from Africa. Females can grow up to long, while males reach only long. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek " arachne-" () and "

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" (), meaning "tail". The tails are only present on females, but unlike the common names suggests, these spiders aren't related to scorpions. They curl up their tails when disturbed, but they are completely harmless. Bites are rare, and result in minor symptoms such as local pain and swelling. They stay at the middle of their web day and night, and their bodies mimic plant litter, such as fallen flowers, twigs, or dead leaves. ''Arachnura 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.

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it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Oceania, and Asia: *'' Arachnura angura'' Tikader, 1970 – India *''

Arachnura feredayi ''Arachnura feredayi'', the tailed forest spider, is endemic to New Zealand. it is known for the distinctive tapering body shape in females which are also much larger than males, and for producing vertical columns of eggsacs in the 12 o'clock pos ...

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Arachnura logio ''Arachnura logio'' (Japanese Language, Japanese: Kijiro o-hiki-gumo) is a species of scorpion spider of the family Araneidae. It ranges from China to Japan. References

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*'' Arachnura melanura'' Simon, 1867 – India to Indonesia (Sulawesi) and Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia ( Queensland) *''

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'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) *''

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Arachnura simoni ''Arachnura'', also known as drag-tailed spider, scorpion-tailed spider and scorpion spider, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that was first described by A. Vinson in 1863. They are distributed across Australasia, Southern and Eastern Asia with ...

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*'' Arachnura spinosa'' (Saito, 1933) – Taiwan In synonymy: *''A. longicauda'' Urquhart, 1885 = ''Arachnura feredayi'' (L. Koch, 1872)

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