{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Foveosa adunca 300603950 541642721.jpg | image_caption = female ''F. adunca'' | image2 = Foveosa foveolata 315171044 569332913.jpg | image2_caption = male ''F. foveolata'' | taxon=Foveosa | authority=Jocqué<ref name=wsc /> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision=5, see text }}
'''''Foveosa''''' is a genus of African wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae with five described species. It was first described in 2007 by Russell-Smith, Alderweireldt & Jocqué.<ref name=wsc /> ==Description== ''Foveosa'' are small wolf spiders, with males measuring 2.75 to 5.4 mm and females 3.8 to 6.9 mm in total length.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
Males often lack clear median or lateral bands on the carapace. The carapace is narrower in the cephalic region. The anterior row of eyes is lightly procurved, with the median eyes paler than the lateral eyes and positioned much nearer to the lateral eyes than to each other.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
The legs bear long spines on the anterior tibia and metatarsi, with the fourth metatarsus approximately equal in length to the tibia and patella combined.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
==Taxonomy== The genus was revised by Russell-Smith and colleagues in 2007.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />
==Species== {{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes five species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Foveosa adunca'' <small>Russell-Smith, Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2007</small> – South Africa * ''Foveosa albicapillis'' <small>Russell-Smith, Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2007</small> – West Africa * ''Foveosa foveolata'' <small>(Purcell, 1903)</small> – Central, East, Southern Africa (type species) * ''Foveosa infuscata'' <small>Russell-Smith, Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2007</small> – Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast * ''Foveosa tintinabulum'' <small>Russell-Smith, Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2007</small> – DR Congo, Kenya {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1806 | title=Genus Foveosa | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-02}}</ref> <ref name=dippenaar2021>{{cite book |last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman |first1=A.S. |last2=Haddad |first2=C.R. |last3=Foord |first3=S.H. |last4=Lotz |first4=L.N. |year=2021 |title=The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H) |publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide |page=43 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.6324709}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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Category:Lycosidae genera Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Taxa named by Rudy Jocqué