Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Frigga crocuta (Taczanowski, 1878)

In all vegetation zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Salticoidea

Family
Salticidae

Genus
Frigga

Species
crocuta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Plexippus paykuli, fide Baert et al. (2008)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Peru, Ecuador, Marquesas Is., Queensland. Galápagos distribution: Baltra, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner nr Española, Genovesa, Isabela (Cerro Aul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Wolf), Marchena, N.

References

  • Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1986-expedition: Araneae, and Provisional Checklist of the Spiders of the Galápagos Archipelago. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 58: 29-54.
  • Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1988-expedition to the Galápagos Islands: Araneae. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 59: 5-22.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (1986) A Contributution to the Knowledge of the Spider Fauna of Galápagos (Ecuador). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 56: 93-123.
  • Buchholz, S. Baert, L., Rodríguez, J., E Causton, C., & Jäger, H. (2020) Spiders in Galapagos–diversity, biogeography and origin. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 41-48.
  • Galiano, M.E. Baert, L. (1990) Distribution of the Galápagoan salticid species with the description of three new Sitticus speices (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 60: 123-132.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Frigga crocuta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5870. Accessed 18 October 2026.