''Patu'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by

Brian John Marples Brian John Marples FRSNZ (31 March 1907 – 1997) was a British zoologist who spent most of his career in New Zealand. Early years Marples was born in Hessle, Yorkshire, in north-eastern England. He was educated at Kingsmead in Cheshire, and St ...

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 Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...

, and in Colombia: *'' Patu catba'' S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 –

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

*'' 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 Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

*'' Patu nagarat'' S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 –

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

*'' Patu nigeri'' Lin & Li, 2009 – China *'' Patu putao'' S. Q. Li & Lin, 2021 –

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

*'' Patu qiqi'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China *'' Patu saladito'' Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Colombia *'' Patu samoensis'' Marples, 1951 – Samoa *'' Patu silho'' Saaristo, 1996 –

*'' Patu vitiensis'' Marples, 1951 ( type) – Fiji *'' Patu woodwardi'' Forster, 1959 –

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

*'' Patu xiaoxiao'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Oceania Spiders of South America Symphytognathidae Taxa named by Brian John Marples {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References