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