Freya (spider) explained

Freya is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.^[1] 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:^[2]

• 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

External links

• Photographs of Freya species from Brazil
• Painting of F. bifurcata

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L. . Übersicht des Arachnidensystems . J. L. Lotzbeck . 1850 . 5 . Nürnberg . 1–77 . 10.5962/bhl.title.39561 . 18279999 . Carl Ludwig Koch.
2. Gen. Freya C. L. Koch, 1850. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.