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Patu (spider)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Suborder
  
Araneomorphae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Family
  
Symphytognathidae

Similar
  
Patu marplesi, Symphytognathidae, Mysmenidae, Oonops domesticus, Spruce‑fir moss spider

Patu is a genus of spiders in the family Symphytognathidae that occurs in Colombia and Oceania. Patu digua is the smallest species of spider described to date.

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Name

The name is possibly derived from some Polynesian term like the Māori patu (a type of short-handed club), Samoan patupatu (with a lumpy shape), fatu (a stone or another hard object) or patutu (to strike or hit something or someone). These terms all imply a rounded shape and hardness (enabling one to strike or hammer something with such an object).

Species

  • Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Colombia)
  • Patu eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Colombia)
  • Patu marplesi Forster, 1959 (Samoa)
  • Patu saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977 (Colombia)
  • Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 (Samoa)
  • Patu silho Saaristo, 1996 (Seychelles)
  • Patu vitiensis Marples, 1951 (Fiji)
  • Patu woodwardi Forster, 1959 (New Guinea)

    • References

    Patu (spider) Wikipedia
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