Ovia is a genus of arameomorph spiders that belongs to the family Lycosidae. Members of this genus are distributed across Southeast Asia and Southern China.
This genus was first described in 2017 by Sankaran, Malamel and Sebastian with Ovia procurva being the type species.
, this genus contains 10 described species: Ovia alboannulata (Yin, Peng, Xie, Bao & Wang, 1997) – Bhutan, China Ovia chayu Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026 Xizang, China Ovia dawai Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026 Xizang, China Ovia dulong Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026 Xizang, China Ovia emae Buchar & Dolejš, 2021 – Bhutan Ovia macritchie Lu, Koh, Zhang & Li, 2018 – China (Hainan), Laos, Singapore Ovia medog Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026 Xizang, China Ovia procurva (Yu & Song, 1988) (type species) – India, Bhutan, China, Taiwan Ovia seperata Xu, Wang & Zhang, 2026 Guangdong and Yunnan, China Ovia quinquedens (Dhali, Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012) – India
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