| Anoteropsis | |
|---|---|
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| Anoteropsis hilaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Subfamily: | Artoriinae |
| Genus: | Anoteropsis L. Koch, 1878 |
| Species | |
| 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.[citation needed]
As of September 2018[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:
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.[citation needed] 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.