Portia schultzi revisited
(Added to iSpot on 26th December 2012)
Body about 6mm
Location: Blyde River Near Hoedspruit
Body about 6mm
Another look at Portia schultzi.
There is a fairly detailed article on Portia Schultzi in Wikipedia., quoted by Tony in the discussion of Tarryn-Lee's observation.
Wikipedia decribes Portia schultzi as follows:
"In this species, which is slightly smaller than some other species of the genus Portia, the bodies of females are 5 to 7 millimetres long, while those of males are 4 to 6 millimetres long. The carapaces of both sexes are orange-brown with dark brown mottling, and covered with dark brown and whitish hairs lying over the surface. Males have white tufts on their thoraxes and a broad white band above the bases of the legs, and these features are less conspicuous in females."
..ok so that is a good fit for this ob and for my previous P. schultzi observation that was kindly and, I believe, correctly identified by magrietb.
This ob and this one were probably both of Portia africana. See my comments there.