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 Galiano, 2001 – Venezuela Freya bicavata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama Freya chapare Galiano, 2001 – Bolivia, Brazil Freya decorata (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type) – Northern South America Freya disparipes Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana Freya dureti Galiano, 2001 – Brazil Freya justina Banks, 1929 – Panama Freya nigrotaeniata (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Paraguay, Argentina Freya petrunkevitchi Chickering, 1946 – Panama Freya prominens (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Panama Freya regia (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico, Guatemala Freya rubiginosa (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil Freya rufohirta (Simon, 1902) – Brazil
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External links Photographs of Freya species from Brazil Painting of F. bifurcata