| Patu digua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Symphytognathidae |
| Genus: | Patu |
| Species: | P. digua |
| Binomial name | |
| Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977 | |
Patu digua is a very small species of spider. The male holotype and female paratype were collected from Rio Digua, near Queremal, Valle del Cauca in Colombia.[1]
By some accounts it is the smallest spider in the world,[2] as males reach a body size of only about 0.37 mm[3] - roughly one fifth the size of the head of a pin. However, there are other spider species of similar size where only the female is known; and male spiders are generally smaller.
References
- ^ "Patu digua, new species" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2619): 20. 9 May 1977.
- ^ William A. Shear (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.
- ^ Taylor, Christopher (29 August 2008). "The Strangest of Spiders".