Patu

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Symphytognathidae
Genus: Patu
Species: P. bicorniventris – P. bispina – P. catba – P. dakou – P. damtao – P. digua – P. eberhardi – P. jiangzhou – P. jidanweishi – P. marplesi – P. nagarat – P. nigeri – P. putao – P. qiqi – P. quadriventris – P. saladito – P. samoensis – P. shiluensis – P. silho – P. spinathoraxi – P. vitiensis – P. woodwardi – P. xiaoxiao
Name

Patu Marples, 1951

Type species: Patu vitiensis Brian John Marples, 1951, by original designation
References

Forster, R.R. 1959: The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 86: 269–329. PDF BUGZ
Forster, R.R.; Platnick, N.I. 1977: A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates, (2619 ). Abstract & PDF
Li, Y., Li, S.Q. & Lin, Y.C. 2021. Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). ZooKeys 1072: 1–47. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935. Open access. Reference page.
Lin, Y.C & Li, S.Q 2009: First described Patu spiders (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) from Asia. Zootaxa 2154: 47–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Lin, Y.; Pham, D.-s.; Li, S. 2009: Six new spiders from caves of northern Vietnam (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae, Ochyroceratidae, Telemidae, Symphytognathidae). Raffles bulletin of zoology, 57: 323–342. PDF
Marples, B.J. 1951: Pacific symphytognathid spiders. Pacific science, 5: 47–51. PDF
Miller, J.; Griswold, C.; Yin, C.M. 2009: The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Araneoidea): systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers. ZooKeys, 11: 9–195. Abstract PDF
Saaristo, M.I. 1996: Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae), a new spider family for the granitic islands of Seychelles. Phelsuma, 4: 53–56.

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Platnick, N.I. 2009. Symphytognathidae in The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History

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, 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

List of Symphytognathidae species

References

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