| Patu | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Symphytognathidae |
| Genus: | Patu Marples, 1951[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. vitiensis Marples, 1951
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| Species | |
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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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.