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]
Species
As of November 2021[update] 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
