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

See also

• List of Symphytognathidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Patu Marples, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 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.