Frigga

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. Species it contains ten species, found in South America, Australia, Guatemala, Mexico, and on the Polynesian Islands: 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 Gallery References