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Patu digua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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[1]

Patu digua is a very small species of spider. The male holotype and female paratype were collected from Río 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 (0.015 in)[3]—roughly one fifth the size of the head of a pin.

The use of the spider as a necrobotic gripping tool in microscopic manipulations was suggested in 2022.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Forster, Raymond R. & Platnick, Norman I. (9 May 1977). "A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2619): 1–29 [20]. hdl:2246/5471.
  • ^ 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".
  • ^ Yap, Te Faye & Liu, Zhen (Oct 2022). "Necrobotics: Biotic Materials as Ready-to-Use Actuators". Advanced Science (29): 2201174. doi:10.1002/advs.202201174. PMC 9561765.

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