''Anoteropsis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
wolf spiders. All the species except one are found in
New Zealand
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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'' (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
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
) – 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
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but is thought to be incorrectly placed in this genus.[
]
References
External links
* Vink, C.J. (2002)
Fauna of New Zealand 44: Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae)
Lincoln, N.Z.: Manaaki Whenua Press
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Lycosidae genera
Spiders of Oceania