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Jumping Spider

Portia schultzi

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EOL: Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878, Portia schultzi

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Portia Jumping Spider

Portia schultzi

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ChunXingWong
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Comments (4)
ChunXingWong
Welcome. I won't be 100% correct because I'm not an Arachnologist yet. In fact, I'm just a high school student who depend on my natural history encyclopedia and spider guide book to help me in identifying arthropods.
dungeonmasterShu
i will be posting another Jumping Spider (Salticidae) soon, would be thrilled if you could ID that one too! Even just to Genus level!
ChunXingWong
According to Wikipedia, Portia schultzi is one of the 2 species of Portia spiders in Africa. The other species- Portia africana, is found in West and Central Africa.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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International Spider Survey
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PublishedOctober 14, 2011

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