Anoteropsis
| Anoteropsis | |
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| Anoteropsis hilaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Artoriinae |
| Genus: | Anoteropsis L. Koch, 1878[1] |
| Species | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 22 species | |
Anoteropsis is a genus of wolf spiders. All the species except one are found in New Zealand and its islands.[1]
Their body size ranges from 4.2 to 17.4 mm.[citation needed]
Species
As of September 2018[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]
- Anoteropsis adumbrata (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
- Anoteropsis aerescens (Goyen, 1887) – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis alpina Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis arenivaga (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis blesti Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis canescens (Goyen, 1887) – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis cantuaria Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis flavescens L. Koch, 1878 (type species) – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis forsteri Vink, 2002 – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
- Anoteropsis hallae Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis hilaris (L. Koch, 1877) – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is., Auckland Is.)
- Anoteropsis insularis Vink, 2002 – New Zealand (Chatham Is., Pitt Is.)
- Anoteropsis lacustris Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis litoralis Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis montana Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis okatainae Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis papuana Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea
- Anoteropsis ralphi (Simon, 1905) – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
- Anoteropsis senica (L. Koch, 1877) – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
- Anoteropsis urquharti (Simon, 1898) – New Zealand
- Anoteropsis virgata (Karsch, 1880) – Polynesia
- Anoteropsis westlandica Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
Distribution
Anoteropsis is known mainly from New Zealand including the Chatham Islands, Snares Islands and Auckland Islands.[1] New Zealand has 27 species of wolf spiders in 6 genera.[citation needed] The genus Anoteropsis dominates the country with 21 species alone. One species, Anoteropsis virgata, is native to Polynesia.[1]
References
External links
- [1] Well researched paper on New Zealand Wolf spiders - Fauna of New Zealand, 2002. Has a lot of technical information on the above species (see pages 19 – 33 for Anoteropsis). Cataloguing in publication VINK, C. J. (Cornelis Jacob) Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) / C. J. Vink – Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. : Manaaki Whenua Press, 2002.(Fauna of New Zealand, ISSN 0111-5383 ; no. 44).ISBN 0-478-09347-0