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Patu Marples 1951

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Patu Marples, 1951

Patu Marples, 1951, p. 47 (type species by original designation Patu vitiensis Marples)

Diagnosis. The members of genus Patu may be recognized by the following characters: the chelicerae fused only near their base, the distinctly elevated cephalic pars, six eyes in three diads and the absence of female palp.

Description. See Forster and Platnick (1977).

Distribution. Colombia, southern China, Fiji, New Guinea and Samoa, Seychelles. The new species described here are placed in the genus Patu as they share an elevated pars cephalica, fused chelicerae near their base, six eyes arranged in diads and the absence of palp in females.

Notes

Published as part of Lin, Yucheng & Li, Shuqiang, 2009, First described Patu spiders (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) from Asia, pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 2154 on pages 48-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188801

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Marples
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Symphytognathidae
Genus
Patu
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Patu Marples, 1951 sec. Lin & Li, 2009

References

  • Marples, B. J. (1951) Pacific symphytognathid spiders. Pacific Science, 5, 47 - 51.
  • Forster, R. R. & Platnick, N. I. (1977) A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates, 2619, 1 - 29.