World Spider Catalog

Genus: Ovia Sankaran, Malamel & Sebastian, 2017 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Ovia chayu Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067020

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067020

Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing (SWUC), China m (T-LY-37-01) - (Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026)
Paratype: School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing (SWUC), China 6m 7f (T-LY-37 02-14) - (Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026)
Paratype: Institute of Plateau Biology of Xizang Autonomous Region (IPBX), Lhasa, China 1m 1f (01-02) - (Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Ovia chayu Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026: 734, f. 5A-E, 6A-I (Dmf) Original description

References

Xu, Y. Q., Wang, L. Y. & Zhang, Z. S. (2026). A taxonomic study on eight species of the Ovia (Araneae, Lycosidae) from China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(3): 731-750. doi: 10.3897/zse.102.188856 [[Zoobank: 4CF80A93-1726-4632-A447-B5B55434CC56]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026
2026-05-06	New species inserted	Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026

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