Anoteropsis

Anoteropsis
Anoteropsis hilaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Subfamily:	Artoriinae
Genus:	Anoteropsis L. Koch, 1878
Species
See text.
Diversity
22 species

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

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:

• 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. 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 but is thought to be incorrectly placed in this genus.

External links

• Vink, C.J. (2002). Fauna of New Zealand 44: Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Lincoln, N.Z.: Manaaki Whenua Press ISSN 0111-5383 ISBN 0-478-09347-0