Freya (genus)

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Freya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Tribe: Freyini
Genus: Freya
C. L. Koch, 1850
Diversity
31 species
Type species
Euophrys decorata
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

see text

Freya is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). All except one species occur in Central and South America. F. dyali strangely is only found in Pakistan. This distribution is very similar to that of the genus Jollas, where also one species is found in Pakistan, and all others in Central to South America.

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from Freya, the fertility goddess of Norse mythology.

[edit] Species

  • Freya albosignata (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala, Panama)
  • Freya arraijanica Chickering, 1946 (Panama)
  • Freya atures Galiano, 2001 (Venezuela)
  • Freya bicavata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Panama)
  • Freya bifida (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Panama)
  • Freya bifurcata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Panama)
  • Freya chapare Galiano, 2001 (Bolivia, Brazil)
  • Freya chionopogon Simon, 1902 (Venezuela)
  • Freya decorata (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Northern South America)
  • Freya demarcata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Panama)
  • Freya disparipes Caporiacco, 1954 (French Guiana)
  • Freya dureti Galiano, 2001 (Brazil)
  • Freya dyali Roewer, 1951 (Pakistan)
  • Freya emarginata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala)
  • Freya frontalis Banks, 1929 (Panama)
  • Freya grisea (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala, Panama)
  • Freya guianensis Caporiacco, 1947 (Venezuela, Guyana)
  • Freya infuscata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (El Salvador, Panama)
  • Freya justina Banks, 1929 (Panama)
  • Freya longispina (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala, Panama)
  • Freya maculatipes (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
  • Freya minuta (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Panama)
  • Freya nannispina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Panama)
  • Freya nigrotaeniata (Mello-Leitão, 1945) (Paraguay, Argentina)
  • Freya perelegans Simon, 1902 (Venezuela)
  • Freya petrunkevitchi Chickering, 1946 (Panama)
  • Freya prominens (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico to Panama)
  • Freya regia (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Mexico, Guatemala)
  • Freya rubiginosa (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Brazil)
  • Freya rufohirta (Simon, 1902) (Brazil)
  • Freya rustica (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) (Guatemala, Panama)

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