Freya (spider)
# 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

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
