Frigga (spider)
| Frigga | |
|---|---|
| Frigga coronigera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | C. L. Koch, 1850[1] |
| Type species | |
| F. coronigera (C. L. Koch, 1846)
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Frigga is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.[2] 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):[1]
Species
As of January 2025 the genus Frigga contains ten species:
- Frigga coronigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type) – Brazil
- Frigga crocuta (Taczanowski, 1878) – Colombia, 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
Gallery
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Female Frigga quintensis in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Male Frigga crocuta in Puerto Villamil, Ecuador
References
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2025). "Gen. Frigga C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg. pp. 1–77. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
External links
- Media related to Frigga at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Frigga (spider) at Wikispecies
- Photographs of Frigga species (kessleri?) from Brazil
- Paintings of F. pratensis