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]
| Patu digua | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
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]