Patu (spider)

Patu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Symphytognathidae
Genus: Patu
Marples, 1951
Species

See text.

Diversity
8 species

Patu is a genus of spiders in the family Symphytognathidae that occurs in Colombia and Oceania. Two candidates for the "smallest species of spider", are in this genus, Patu digua[1] and Patu marplesi.[2]

Species

  • Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Colombia)
  • Patu eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Colombia)
  • Patu marplesi Forster, 1959 (Samoa)
  • Patu saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Colombia)
  • Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 (Samoa)
  • Patu silho Saaristo, 1996 (Seychelles)
  • Patu vitiensis Marples, 1951 (Fiji)
  • Patu woodwardi Forster, 1959 (New Guinea)

References

  1. ↑ William A. Shear (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
  2. ↑ "Smallest spider". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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