Frigga (spider)

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.

Frigga
Frigga coronigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Frigga
C. L. Koch, 1850[1]
Type species
F. coronigera
(C. L. Koch, 1846)
Species

10, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains ten species, found in South America, Australia, Guatemala, Mexico, and on the Polynesian Islands:[1]

References

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


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