Anoteropsis

Anoteropsis is a genus of wolf spiders. All the species except one are found in New Zealand and its islands.[1]

Anoteropsis
Anoteropsis hilaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Anoteropsis
L. Koch, 1878[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
22 species

Their body size ranges from 4.2 to 17.4 mm.

Species

As of September 2018, 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. The genus Anoteropsis dominates the country with 21 species alone. One species, Anoteropsis virgata, is native to Polynesia.[1]

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References
  1. "Gen. Anoteropsis L. Koch, 1878", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-20
  • 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
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