Anoteropsis aerescens

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Anoteropsis aerescens
Spider NZ Anoteropsis aerescens.jpg
Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Anoteropsis
Species:
A. aerescens
Binomial name
Anoteropsis aerescens
(Goyen, 1887)
Synonyms [1]
  • Anoteropsis aerescens(Goyen, 1887)
  • Artoriella maura(Urquhart, 1892)
  • Dalmasicosa albovestita(Dalmas, 1917)
  • Geolycosa albovestita(Dalmas, 1917)
  • Lycosa aerescensGoyen, 1887
  • Lycosa albovestitaDalmas, 1917
  • Lycosa mauraUrquhart, 1892, nomen dubium
  • Pardosa aerescens(Goyen, 1887)

Anoteropsis aerescens is a species of wolf spiders that is endemic to New Zealand. [2]

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Taxonomy

This species was first described as Lycosa aerescens in 1887 by Peter Goyen from male and female specimens. [3] It has undergone numerous redescriptions. [4] [5] [6] The most recent redescription was in 2002. The species name aerescens is derived from Latin. Aeramen means bronze. [2]

Description

The male is recorded at 5.2-10.3mm in length whereas the female is 5.9-12.5mm.The carapace is coloured dark brown with whitish hairs. The legs are dark brown with yellow brown markings. The abdomen is grey with black and yellowish markings dorsally. It can be 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 median septum. [2]

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout New Zealand. [2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Taxon details Anoteropsis aerescens (Goyen, 1887)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-11-15
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) / C. J. Vink – Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. : Manaaki Whenua Press, 2002. (Fauna of New Zealand, ISSN   0111-5383  ; no. 44). ISBN   0-478-09347-0
  3. ↑ Goyen, P. (1887). Descriptions of new spiders. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute19(1886): 201-212.
  4. ↑ Roewer, C. F. (1955). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex) . Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp.
  5. ↑ Dalmas, R. de (1917). Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France86: 317-430.
  6. ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1892). Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute24: 230-253.
  7. ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.
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