Portia africana (Simon, 1886)

Azarkina, Galina N. & Logunov, Dmitri V., 2010, New data on the jumping spiders of the subfamily Spartaeinae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Africa, African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 163-182 : 181

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0103
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6201387
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scientific name	Portia africana (Simon, 1886)
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Linus africanus Simon, 1886: 393 .

Portia africana (Simon) : Wanless 1978: 93–96, figs 4 A–E, 5 A, B, F, J.

Material examined: IVORY COAST: 1 ♂ ( MRAC, 177618 ), Appouesso , forêt classée de la Bossematié, ca 6 ° 35 'N: 3 ° 28 'W, forest edge, between buttresses, 160 m, 14.xi. 1993, R. Jocqué GoogleMaps ; 3 ♀ ( MRAC, 201103 ), Adiopo Doumé, Orstom , ca 5 ° 20 'N: 4 ° 20 'W, around buildings, 12.xi. 1994, R. Jocqué GoogleMaps . GHANA: 1 ♀ ( MRAC, 217937 ), Kakum forest , 5 ° 20 'N: 1 ° 23 'W, primary forest, fogging, 25.xi. 2005, Jocqué R., De Bakker D. & Baert L GoogleMaps .

Distribution: This is a widespread central African species, known from Ivory Coast and Ghana (present data) in the west to Ethiopia in the east (Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz 2008), and southward to Angola and Zambia (Wanless 1978).