Freya is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850. The name is derived from Freya, the fertility goddess of Norse mythology.
Species
it contains thirteen species, found in South America, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama:
- Freya atures <small>Galiano, 2001</small> â Venezuela
- Freya bicavata <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)</small> â Panama
- Freya chapare <small>Galiano, 2001</small> â Bolivia, Brazil
- Freya decorata <small>(C. L. Koch, 1846)</small> (type) â Northern South America
- Freya disparipes <small>Caporiacco, 1954</small> â French Guiana
- Freya dureti <small>Galiano, 2001</small> â Brazil
- Freya justina <small>Banks, 1929</small> â Panama
- Freya nigrotaeniata <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1945)</small> â Paraguay, Argentina
- Freya petrunkevitchi <small>Chickering, 1946</small> â Panama
- Freya prominens <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)</small> â Mexico to Panama
- Freya regia <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1896)</small> â Mexico, Guatemala
- Freya rubiginosa <small>(C. L. Koch, 1846)</small> â Brazil
- Freya rufohirta <small>(Simon, 1902)</small> â Brazil
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