18, see text 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] As of November 2021[update] it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Oceania, on the Seychelles, and in Colombia:[1]

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