Biology:Patu (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Patu
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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, 2021China
  • 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. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2021). Gen. Patu Marples, 1951. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3203. Retrieved 22 November 2021. 
  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. https://archive.org/details/spiderswebsbehav00shea. 
  4. "Smallest spider". Guinness World Records. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/smallest-spider/. 

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