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Frigga (spider)

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Frigga
Frigga coronigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

Species

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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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