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
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:
- Anoteropsis adumbrata <small>(Urquhart, 1887)</small> â New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
- Anoteropsis aerescens <small>(Goyen, 1887)</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis alpina <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis arenivaga <small>(Dalmas, 1917)</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis blesti <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis canescens <small>(Goyen, 1887)</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis cantuaria <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis flavescens <small>L. Koch, 1878</small> (type species) â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis forsteri <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
- Anoteropsis hallae <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis hilaris <small>(L. Koch, 1877)</small> â New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is., Auckland Is.)
- Anoteropsis insularis <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand (Chatham Is., Pitt Is.)
- Anoteropsis lacustris <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis litoralis <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis montana <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis okatainae <small>Vink, 2002</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis papuana <small>Thorell, 1881</small> â New Guinea
- Anoteropsis ralphi <small>(Simon, 1905)</small> â New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
- Anoteropsis senica <small>(L. Koch, 1877)</small> â New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
- Anoteropsis urquharti <small>(Simon, 1898)</small> â New Zealand
- Anoteropsis virgata <small>(Karsch, 1880)</small> â Polynesia
- Anoteropsis westlandica <small>Vink, 2002</small> â 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.
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