Patu is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Brian John Marples in 1951. Two candidates for the "smallest species of spider", are in this genus, Patu digua and Patu marplesi.
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia.
Species
, this genus includes eighteen species:
- Patu catba <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021</small> â Vietnam
- Patu dakou <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021</small> â China
- Patu damtao <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021</small> â Vietnam
- Patu digua <small>Forster & Platnick, 1977</small> â Colombia
- Patu eberhardi <small>Forster & Platnick, 1977</small> â Colombia
- Patu jiangzhou <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021</small> â China
- Patu jidanweishi <small>Miller, & Yin, 2009</small> â China
- Patu marplesi <small>Forster, 1959</small> â Samoa
- Patu nagarat <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021</small> â Thailand
- Patu nigeri <small>Lin & Li, 2009</small> â China
- Patu putao <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021</small> â Myanmar
- Patu qiqi <small>Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009</small> â China
- Patu saladito <small>Forster & Platnick, 1977</small> â Colombia
- Patu samoensis <small>Marples, 1951</small> â Samoa
- Patu silho <small>Saaristo, 1996</small> â Seychelles
- Patu vitiensis <small>Marples, 1951</small> â Fiji
- Patu woodwardi <small>Forster, 1959</small> â New Guinea
- Patu xiaoxiao <small>Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009</small> â China
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