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
As of June 2019 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