The Worlds Smallest Spider

Patu digua

Patu digua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Symphytognathidae
Genus:	Patu
Species:	P. digua
Binomial name
Patu digua Forster & Platnick, 1977

Patu digua is by some accounts considered to be the smallest spider in the world, with males reaching a body size of about 0.37 mm. Small as the head of a pin. However, there are other spider species of similar size where only the female is known. Because male spiders are usually smaller than females, one can assume that these are even smaller than those of P. digua. It is endemic to Colombia.