Patu (spider)

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]

Patu
Scientific classification
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
Species

18, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia:[1]

  • Patu bicorniventris Lin & Li, 2009 – China
  • Patu bispina Lin, Pham & Li, 2009 – Vietnam
  • Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
  • Patu eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
  • Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
  • Patu kishidai Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
  • Patu marplesi Forster, 1959 – Samoa
  • Patu nigeri Lin & Li, 2009 – China
  • Patu qiqi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
  • Patu quadriventris Lin & Li, 2009 – China
  • Patu saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
  • Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 – Samoa
  • Patu shiluensis Lin & Li, 2009 – China, Laos
  • Patu silho Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles
  • Patu spinathoraxi Lin & Li, 2009 – China
  • Patu vitiensis Marples, 1951 (type) – Fiji
  • Patu woodwardi Forster, 1959 – New Guinea
  • Patu xiaoxiao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
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See also

References
  1. "Gen. Patu Marples, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Marples, B. J. (1951). "Pacific symphytognathid spiders". Pacific Science. 5: 47–51.
  3. Shear, William A. (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
  4. "Smallest spider". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
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