World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for a database with diagnostic drawings maintained by J. Prószyński, see: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017 and Prószyński, 2017b.

Gen. Frigga C. L. Koch, 1850 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02956

N.B.: elevated from a subgenus of Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834 by Galiano, 1979b: 114.

In synonymy:

Frigga bispinosa (Banks, 1931) = Frigga crocuta Taczanowski, 1878 (Galiano, 1979f: 691, sub Phiale)

Frigga calva (Simon, 1902, T from Sandalodes) = Frigga crocuta Taczanowski, 1878 (Galiano, 1979f: 691, sub Phiale)

Frigga cardinalis (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Phiale) = Frigga quintensis Tullgren, 1905 (Galiano, 1979b: 128)

Frigga comta (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Freya) = Frigga coronigera C. L. Koch, 1846 (Galiano, 1981f: 283)

Frigga concinna (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885, T from Cytaea) = Frigga pratensis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 232, sub Cyrene)

Frigga dolosa (Banks, 1909, T from Phiale) = Frigga pratensis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 (Galiano, 1979b: 132)

Frigga hastigera (C. L. Koch, 1846, T from Phiale) = Frigga coronigera C. L. Koch, 1846 (Galiano, 1979b: 119)

Frigga olomegae (Kraus, 1955, T from Phiale) = Frigga pratensis G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 (Galiano, 1979b: 132)

Frigga orvillei (Chickering, 1946, T from Phiale) = Frigga crocuta Taczanowski, 1878 (Galiano, 1981f: 285)

Frigga portai (Caporiacco, 1954, T from Chira) = Frigga kessleri Taczanowski, 1871 (Galiano, 1979b: 125)

Frigga psecadiformis (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Phiale) = Frigga kessleri Taczanowski, 1871 (Galiano, 1979b: 125)

Nomen dubium:

Frigga melanopyga (Caporiacco, 1947a: 30, j, Guyana, originally in Lapsias) -- Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008c: 493

Frigga coronigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033491

Euophrys comta C. L. Koch, 1846: 204, f. 1251 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061141]

Euophrys coronigera C. L. Koch, 1846: 221, f. 1266 (Df) Original description

Euophrys hastigera C. L. Koch, 1846: 222, f. 1267 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061143]

Frigga coronigera C. L. Koch, 1850: 66

Freya comta C. L. Koch, 1850: 66

Frigga hastigera C. L. Koch, 1850: 66

Attus coronigera Taczanowski, 1871: 90 (Dm)

Maevia coronigera Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 344

Phiale coronigera Simon, 1903a: 697, f. 834

Phiale hastigera Simon, 1903a: 702

Freya compta Simon, 1903a: 730

Phiale coronigera Roth & Craig, 1970: 121 (S of Phiale bispinosa; rejected by Galiano, 1979f: 691, see Frigga crocuta)

Frigga coronigera Galiano, 1979b: 119, f. 11, 21-22, 34, 49 (f, T from Phiale, S of Phiale hastigera)

Frigga coronigera Galiano, 1981f: 283, f. 1-2 (m, S of Freya comta)

Frigga coronigera Edwards, 2015: 39, f. 13A-G (mf)

Frigga coronigera Prószyński, 2017b: 15, f. 4G (mf)

Frigga coronigera Prószyński, 2018a: 26, f. 5L (mf)

Frigga crocuta (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Is. Introduced to Australia (Queensland), Pacific Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033492

Amycus crocutus Taczanowski, 1878a: 355 (Dmf) Original description

Sandalodes calvus Simon, 1902a: 389 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061139]

Phiale bispinosa Banks, 1930b: 277, pl. 1, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061138]

Sandalodes calvus Berland, 1933b: 55, f. 22-26 (mf)

Phiale orvillei Chickering, 1946: 234, f. 197 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061145]

Phiale crocuta Galiano, 1968c: 285 (T from Amycus)

Frigga crocuta Galiano, 1979b: 120, f. 12, 30, 43 (mf, T from Phiale)

Phiale crocuta Galiano, 1979f: 691, f. 1-7 (mf, S of Phiale bispinosa and Sandalodes calvus; P. bispinosa removed from S of P. coronigera, rejecting Roth & Craig, 1970: 121)

Frigga crocuta Galiano, 1981f: 285 (S of Phiale orvillei)

Frigga crocuta Davies & Żabka, 1989: 246, pl. 50 (mf)

Frigga crocuta Bedoya-Róqueme & Lopez-Villada, 2020b: 15, f. 37-42 (m)

Frigga crocuta Macías-Tulcán, Galvis & Molina-Moreira, 2023: 859, f. 5C-E (f)

Frigga finitima Galiano, 1979 | | Bolivia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033493

Frigga finitima Galiano, 1979b: 122, f. 4, 13-14, 20, 23, 46-48 (Dmf) Original description

Frigga flava (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033494

Cyrene flava F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 236, pl. 19, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Freya flava Petrunkevitch, 1911: 653

Frigga flava Galiano, 1979b: 133, f. 26, 28 (f, T from Freya)

Frigga kessleri (Taczanowski, 1871) | | Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033495

Attus kessleri Taczanowski, 1871: 75 (Dm) Original description

Phiale kessleri Simon, 1903a: 695

Asaracus psecadiformis Caporiacco, 1947a: 32 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061147]

Phiale psecadiformis Caporiacco, 1954: 166, f. 58, 58a (Dm, T from Asaracus)

Chira portai Caporiacco, 1954: 168, f. 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061146]

Frigga kessleri Galiano, 1979b: 125, f. 1, 8, 15-16, 25, 35-38 (mf, T from Phiale, S of Chira portai and Phiale psecadiformis)

Frigga kessleri Edwards, 2015: 39, f. 14I-M (mf)

Frigga opulenta Galiano, 1979 | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033496

Frigga opulenta Galiano, 1979b: 126, f. 5-6, 17-18, 31, 33, 44-45 (Dmf) Original description

Frigga opulenta Macías-Tulcán, Galvis & Molina-Moreira, 2023: 860, f. 5F-H (m)

Frigga pratensis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885) | | Mexico to Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033497

Hyllus pratensis Peckham & Peckham, 1885b: 70, pl. 2, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Cytaea concinna Peckham & Peckham, 1885b: 74, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061148]

Cyrene pratensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 232, pl. 19, f. 4-5 (mf, T from Hyllus, S of Cytaea concinna)

Phiale pratensis Simon, 1903a: 707

Cyrene dolosa Banks, 1909a: 222, pl. 5, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061142]

Phiale dolosa Petrunkevitch, 1911: 690

Phiale olomegae Kraus, 1955b: 61, f. 172 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061144]

Frigga pratensis Galiano, 1979b: 132, f. 7, 19, 27, 29, 39-40 (mf, T from Phiale, S of Phiale dolosa and P. olomegae)

Frigga pratensis Edwards, 2015: 39, f. 14A-H (mf)

Frigga quintensis (Tullgren, 1905) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033498

Phiale quintensis Tullgren, 1905: 76, pl. 10, f. 40 (Dm) Original description

Phiale cardinalis Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 291, f. 81 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061140]

Frigga quintensis Galiano, 1979b: 128, f. 9-10, 24, 32, 41-42 (m, Df, T from Phiale, S of Phiale cardinalis)

Frigga quintensis Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021: 932, f. 10E-G (m)

Frigga rufa (Caporiacco, 1947) | | Guyana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033499

Diagondas rufus Caporiacco, 1947a: 31 (Dm) Original description

Diagondas rufus Caporiacco, 1948a: 710, f. 136-137 (m)

Carrhotus rufus Roewer, 1955c: 1045 (typographical error)

Frigga rufa Galiano, 1982a: 424, f. 5-6 (m, T from Diagondas)

Frigga simoni (Berland, 1913) | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033500

Phiale simoni Berland, 1913b: 114, pl. 12, f. 119-120 (Dm) Original description

Frigga simoni Galiano, 1979b: 133 (T from Phiale)