Anoteropsis

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

See text.

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, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]

  • (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
  • Anoteropsis aerescens (Goyen, 1887) – New Zealand
  • Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
  • Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • (Goyen, 1887) – New Zealand
  • Anoteropsis cantuaria Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • L. Koch, 1878 (type species) – New Zealand
  • Anoteropsis forsteri Vink, 2002 – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
  • Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Anoteropsis hilaris (L. Koch, 1877) – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is., Auckland Is.)
  • Vink, 2002 – New Zealand (Chatham Is., Pitt Is.)
  • Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Anoteropsis litoralis Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Anoteropsis montana Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea
  • (Simon, 1905) – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
  • (L. Koch, 1877) – New Zealand (mainland, Stewart Is.)
  • (Simon, 1898) – New Zealand
  • (Karsch, 1880) – Polynesia
  • 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, , is native to Polynesia.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Gen. Anoteropsis L. Koch, 1878", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-20

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