Patu (spider) explained

Patu is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Brian John Marples in 1951.^[1] Two candidates for the "smallest species of spider", are in this genus, Patu digua^[2] and Patu marplesi.^[3]

Species

it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia:^[4]

• 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

• List of Symphytognathidae species

Notes and References

1. Marples. B. J.. 1951. Pacific symphytognathid spiders. Pacific Science. 47–51. 5. Brian_J._Marples.
2. Book: Shear, William A.. Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. registration. 1986. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-1203-3. 425–.
3. Web site: Smallest spider. Guinness World Records. 2017-07-06.
4. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian. 2021. Gen. Patu Marples, 1951. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. 22 November 2021.