Patu (spider)
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.Species
it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia:
- Patu bicorniventris Lin & Li, 2009 – China
- Patu bispina Lin, Pham & Li, 2009 – Vietnam
- Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Patu kishidai Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
- Patu marplesi Forster, 1959 – Samoa
- Patu nigeri Lin & Li, 2009 – China
- Patu qiqi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Patu quadriventris Lin & Li, 2009 – China
- Patu saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia
- Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 – Samoa
- Patu shiluensis Lin & Li, 2009 – China, Laos
- Patu silho Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles
- Patu spinathoraxi Lin & Li, 2009 – China
- Patu vitiensis Marples, 1951 – Fiji
- Patu woodwardi Forster, 1959 – New Guinea
- Patu xiaoxiao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
