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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:00BEAF45-3564-4079-BB79-504FF82966C6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13752641

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D879D-FFC4-FFA4-336F-5B60FB6AFC80

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Portia africana (Simon, 1886)
status

 

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Portia

Loc

Portia africana (Simon, 1886)

Wiśniewski, Konrad & Wesołowska, Wanda 2024
2024
Loc

Portia africana

Wesolowska W. & Russell-Smith A. 2011: 592
Wesolowska W. & Tomasiewicz B. 2008: 45
Wanless F. R. 1978: 93
1978
Loc

Linus africanus

Berland L. & Millot J. 1941: 398
1941
Loc

Cocalus africanus

Thorell T. 1899: 91
1899
Loc

Linus africanus

Simon E. 1886: 393
1886
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