Patu_(spider)

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Patu (spider)

Genus of spiders

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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Species

As of November 2021 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

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Marples, B. J. (1951). "Pacific symphytognathid spiders". Pacific Science. 5: 47–51.
  3. [3]
    Shear, William A. (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
  4. [4]
    "Smallest spider". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2017-07-06.


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