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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Corinna S Bazelet R Naskrecki
Reviewers: Axel Hochkirch Luc Willemse

Rationale

The threat status of the Southern Black-faced Katydid (Lanista annulicornis) is Least Concern because it has 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 Southern Black-faced Katydid occurs in Guinea and Ghana in West Africa, and in grasslands from Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Provinces, South Africa.

Population trend

Trend

No information on population sizes or trends is available.

Threats

The greatest threat to this species is habitat destruction, but due to its widespread distribution in sparsely inhabited regions which are unsuitable for cultivation and development, it is not directly threatened.

Uses and trade

This species is not utilized.

Conservation

No specific conservation measures are in place for this species but it occurs within several protected areas.

References 

[@electronic{58124,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{20635101,
 author = {Chopard, L.},
 journal = {Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire},
 number = {2},
 pages = {25--97},
 title = {La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères},
 volume = {40.0},
 year = {1954}
}
,]
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