Patu digua

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.

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".

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[1] "Patu digua, new species" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2619): 20. 9 May 1977.

[Shear1986-2] William A. Shear (1986). Spiders--webs, Behavior, and Evolution. Stanford University Press. pp. 425–. ISBN 978-0-8047-1203-3.

[3] Taylor, Christopher (29 August 2008). "The Strangest of Spiders".

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