''Frigga'' is a

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that was first described by

Carl Ludwig Koch Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was bo ...

in 1850. The name is derived from Frigga, a Norse goddess.

Species

it contains ten species, found in South America,

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, and on the

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: *'' Frigga coronigera'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) (

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) –

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' Frigga crocuta'' (

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, 1878) –

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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, Galapagos Is.,

(

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), French Polynesia (Marquesas Is., Society Is.) *'' Frigga finitima'' Galiano, 1979 –

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*''

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'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) –

*'' Frigga kessleri'' (Taczanowski, 1871) – Brazil,

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*'' 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

Frigga quintensis 33005397.jpg, Female '' Frigga quintensis'' in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Frigga crocuta 80114021.jpg, Male '' Frigga crocuta'' in Puerto Villamil, Ecuador

References

External links

Photographs of ''Frigga'' species (''kessleri''?) from Brazil

Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Australia Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch {{Jumping-spider-stub