Genus Portia Karsch, 1878

Type species.

Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878

Diagnosis.

The genus Portia can be distinguished from other genera of the subfamily Spartaeinae by the dorsum of the abdomen with distinct tufts, the ventral tibiae with long fan-like fringes, and the malp palp with a dorsal cymbium flange (Zhang and Li 2005).