''Patu digua'' is a very small species of

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. The male

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and female

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were collected from Río Digua, near Queremal, Valle del Cauca, in

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. By some accounts it is the smallest spider in the world, as males reach a body size of only about —roughly one fifth the size of the head of a pin.

References

Symphytognathidae Spiders of South America Arthropods of Colombia Spiders described in 1977 Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Araneomorphae-stub