Anoteropsis

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 (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) – 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 but is thought to be incorrectly placed in this genus.