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.