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Rationale

The threat status of the Yellowtail Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus iris) is Least Concern because it has a widespread distribution, a large extent of occurrence and its geographic range is not expected to be severely fragmented or to experience decline or extreme fluctuations presently or in the foreseeable future.

Distribution

The Yellowtail Meadow Katydid is widely distributed across southern Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Comoros Islands. In South Africa, it has been recorded from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces.

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Population trend

Trend

No information on population sizes or trends is available.

Threats

This species has a widespread distribution and has no known immediate threats.

Uses and trade

This species is not utilized.

Conservation

No specific conservation measures are in place for this species but it has a widespread distribution.

References

[@electronic{58124,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{20633133,
 author = {Hemp, C.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 number = {4},
 pages = {301--342},
 title = {Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania},
 volume = {3613.0},
 year = {2013}
}
,@inbook{20633282,
 address = {Uppsala},
 author = {Brink  and Rudebeck },
 booktitle = {Orthoptera Ensifera},
 editor = {Chopard, L.},
 pages = {266--300},
 publisher = {Almqvist & Wiksell},
 title = {South African Animal Life (Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950–1951)},
 year = {1955}
}
,]

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