Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878

Wesolowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R., 2009, Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa, African Invertebrates 50 (1), pp. 13-103 : 74

Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878

Fig. 248

Portia schultzi: Karsch 1878: 774 ; Wanless 1978 c: 88, figs 1a–g, pl. 1–2, 4a–b; Wesolowska & Cumming

2008: 207, figs 131–134.

Brettus martini: Simon 1900 b: 31 .

Linus lesserti: Lawrence 1937: 254 , fig. 22.

Linus alboguttatus: Lawrence 1938: 520 , fig. 38.

Portia alboguttata: Wanless 1978 c: 96 , figs 5c–e, h–i.

See Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) for description of both sexes. General appearance of female in Fig. 248.

Material examined: 1ơ 2^Between Crocodile Farm and Main Camp, 26 ° 54.431'S: 32 ° 19.045'E, broadleaf woodland, from Cyrtophora web, 8.xii.2000 ( NCA 2008/2751); 1ơ 3^Dipini Hide, 26 ° 51.678'S: 32 ° 15.514'E, webs of Nephilengys cruentata , 7.vii.2002 ( NCA 2009/678).

Distribution: Widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa, and Madagascar.

Habitat and biology: The biology of this arachnophagous species has been well studied (e.g. Jackson 1995; Jackson & Hallas 1986, 1990). Specimens were commonly observed in the vicinity of webs of several large orb-weavers in the reserve, particularly Nephilengys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) and Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1842) (Nephilidae) , and Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775) (Araneidae) , in BW, FF, FP, RF, SF and ST. Several individuals were observed on the outer walls of buildings at Crocodile Farm and Main Camp, or on the bark of trees, moving slowly while searching for webs.