Portia africana (Simon, 1886)

Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda, 2024, Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda - revised list, new species and distributional data, European Journal of Taxonomy 952, pp. 1-171 : 108-109

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13752641
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scientific name	Portia africana (Simon, 1886)
status

Treatment

Portia africana (Simon, 1886) View in CoL

Fig. 71 View Fig

Linus africanus Simon, 1886a: 393 .

Cocalus africanus Thorell, 1899: 91 .

Linus africanus – Berland & Millot 1941: 398, fig. 91.

Portia africana View in CoL – Wanless 1978b: 93, figs 4a–e, 5a–b, f–g. — Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz 2008: 45, figs 171–173. — Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2011: 592, figs 143–145; 2022: 96, fig. 55a–d.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♀; Ntandi , Bundibugyo distr.; 0°48′ N, 30°08′ E; Jun. 2001; FSCA GoogleMaps • 5 ♀♀; Entebbe; Jan. 1996; FSCA • 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; same locality as for preceding; Apr.–Jul. 2001; FSCA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Jinja; 0°25′ N, 33°12′ E; Jan. 1996; FSCA GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Kampala; Jan. 1996; FSCA • 1 ♀; without precise locality; Sep. 1993; D. Penney leg.; MRAC 219 640 .

Description

For description of both sexes see Wanless (1978b). Palpal organ as in Fig. 71A View Fig , epigyne in Fig. 71B–C View Fig .

Distribution

Species widely distributed in Africa. This is the first record of the species form Uganda.

FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Salticidae
Genus	Portia