Portia africana ( Simon, 1886 )

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 96-97

Portia africana ( Simon, 1886)

Fig. 55

Linus africanus Simon, 1886: 393 .

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

Portia africana – Wanless 1978c: 93, figs 4a–e, 5a–b, f–g. — Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz 2008: 45, figs 171–173 – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2011: 592, figs 143–145.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♂; Lamto ; 8 Dec. 1975; “forêt galerie du virage glissant, branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding, Bandama Forest ; 4 Nov. 1975; “branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀, 1 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Oct. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Nov. 1975, MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Aug. 1974; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 imm.; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Nov. 1975; “sur branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Sep. 1975; “branches basses”; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Oct. 1975; “branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4 Nov. 1975; “branches”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 5 Nov. 1975; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 8 Dec. 1975; “forêt galerie du virage glissant, branches”; MNHN • 1 ♀; Man ; 7°24′ N, 7°33′ W; Feb. 1976; MNHN • 1 ♀; Cavally Forest ; 6°05′ N, 7°36′ W; 15 Nov. 1975; “branches en sous-bois”; MNHN .

Description

See Wanless (1978c). General appearance of male as in Fig. 55A , female in Fig. 55B–C , frontal view of female as in Fig. 55D .

Distribution

Recorded from Gabon, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Angola and Zambia.

Figures

Fig. 55. Portia africana (Simon, 1886). ♂♀ (MNHN). A. Habitus of male, dorsolateral view. B. Habitus of female, dorsal view. C. Habitus of female, lateral view. D. Frontal view of female.