Frigga (spider)

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

Distribution

Most species of Frigga are found in South America, but also with at least species Frigga pratensis ranging into Mexico, and Frigga flava only recorded in Guatemala. Possible introductions of Frigga crocuta have been recorded on the Polynesian Islands (after Berland 1933) and Australia (after Simon 1902):

Species

the genus Frigga contains ten species:

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

Gallery

References

External links

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