''Anoteropsis'' is a
genus of
wolf spiders. All the species except one are found in
New Zealand and its islands.
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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
''Anoteropsis aerescens'' is a species of wolf spiders, that is distinguished from all other ''Anoteropsis'' species by the shape of the median apophysis of the male bulb and the external sclerites of the female epigyne, especially the wide med ...
'' (Goyen, 1887) – New Zealand
*''Anoteropsis alpina
''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:
*''Ano ...
'' Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
*''Anoteropsis arenivaga
''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:
*''Ano ...
'' (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
*''Anoteropsis blesti
''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:
*''Ano ...
'' Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
*''Anoteropsis canescens
''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:
*''Ano ...
'' (Goyen, 1887) – New Zealand
*''Anoteropsis cantuaria
''Anoteropsis cantuaria'' is a species of wolf spider that is Endemism, endemic to the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand.
Taxonomy
''Anoteropsis cantuaria'' was described by arachnologist Cor Vink in 2002. He named the species ''cantuaria'' aft ...
'' 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
''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:
*''Ano ...
'' Vink, 2002 – New Zealand (Chatham Is., Pitt Is.)
*''Anoteropsis lacustris
''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:
*''Ano ...
'' 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
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or c ...
in 6 genera. The genus ''Anoteropsis'' dominates the country with 21 species alone. One species, '' Anoteropsis virgata'', is native to Polynesia.[
]
References
External links
* Vink, C.J. (2002)
Fauna of New Zealand 44: Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae)
Lincoln, N.Z.: Manaaki Whenua Press
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2852344
Lycosidae
Spiders of Oceania
Araneomorphae genera