Patu | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
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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]
As of November 2021 [update] it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia: [1]
Patu | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
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]
As of November 2021 [update] it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia: [1]