Freya (spider)

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