Salticidae Portia

Portia albimana (Simon, 1900)

White-haired Portia

The male may be distinguished from most other Portia by the presence of white setae on the palps, the clypeus and around the lower margins of the carapace. Long white hairs can also be found on many parts of the legs. These white setae become particularly conspicuous against the overall black background colouration of the spider. The abdomen is clothed with minute tufts of iridescent setae.

Like the females of P. crassipalpis and P. labiata. the female of this species has a distinct white "moustache" on the clypeus. However, it may be distinguished from them by the structure of its copulatory organ and the dense hair fringes on the entire length of tibiae I.