Frigga (spider) explained

Frigga is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.^[1] The name is derived from Frigga, a Norse goddess.

Species

it contains ten species, found in South America, Australia, Guatemala, Mexico, and on the Polynesian Islands:^[2]

• Frigga coronigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type) – Brazil
• Frigga crocuta (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Is., Australia (Queensland), French Polynesia (Marquesas Is., Society Is.)
• Frigga finitima Galiano, 1979 – Bolivia, Argentina
• Frigga flava (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
• Frigga kessleri (Taczanowski, 1871) – Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
• Frigga opulenta Galiano, 1979 – Ecuador, Peru
• Frigga pratensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Colombia
• Frigga quintensis (Tullgren, 1905) – Argentina, Brazil
• Frigga rufa (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana, Brazil
• Frigga simoni (Berland, 1913) – Ecuador

External links

• Photographs of Frigga species (kessleri?) from Brazil
• Paintings of F. pratensis

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L.. 1850. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg. 10.5962/bhl.title.39561. 1–77. Carl Ludwig Koch.
2. Gen. Frigga C. L. Koch, 1850. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.