Patu is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Brian John Marples in 1951.[2] Two candidates for the "smallest species of spider", are in this genus, Patu digua[3] and Patu marplesi.[4]
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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: | Symphytognathidae |
| Genus: | Patu Marples, 1951[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. vitiensis Marples, 1951
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| Species | |
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18, see text | |
Species
editAs of November 2021[update] it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia:[1]
- Patu catba S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Vietnam
- Patu dakou S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – China
- Patu damtao S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Vietnam
- Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu jiangzhou S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – China
- Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Patu marplesi Forster, 1959 – Samoa
- Patu nagarat S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Thailand
- Patu nigeri Lin & Li, 2009 – China
- Patu putao S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 – Myanmar
- Patu qiqi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Patu saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 – Samoa
- Patu silho Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles
- Patu vitiensis Marples, 1951 (type) – Fiji
- Patu woodwardi Forster, 1959 – New Guinea
- Patu xiaoxiao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). "Gen. Patu Marples, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Marples, B. J. (1951). "Pacific symphytognathid spiders". Pacific Science. 5: 47–51.
- ^ Shear, William A. (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
- ^ "Smallest spider". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
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