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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Corinna S Bazelet R Naskrecki
Reviewers: Axel Hochkirch Mark Bushell

Rationale

The Sub-Saharan Reed Katydid has a large extent of occurrence and, due to its occurrence within seasonally inundated savannas and along waterways which are unsuitable for cultivation and development, its geographic range is not expected to be severely fragmented or to experience decline or extreme fluctuations presently or in the foreseeable future. It is listed as Least Concern. 

Distribution

The Sub-Saharan Reed Katydid (Pseudorhynchus pungens) is widespread throughout East and West Africa South of the Sahara Desert. The species consists of four subspecies. The southernmost subspecies, P. pungens meridionalis, is found in subtropical, eastern South Africa, in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. P. pungens pungens is distributed throughout tropical East Africa, in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. P. pungens striatus occurs in DRC, Gabon and Tanzania, and P. pungens werneri is widespread throughout Central and West Africa in Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), DRC, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.

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 seasonally inundated savannas and along waterways which are unsuitable for cultivation and development, this species 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 is known to occur in at least two protected areas, Upemba National Park, DRC, and Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal. 

References 

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 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1},
 year = {2014}
}
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 author = {Ragge, D.R.},
 journal = {Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. },
 number = {(5)},
 pages = {180, 182},
 title = {A revision of the African species of Pseudorhynchus Serville (Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae).},
 volume = {23.0},
 year = {1969}
}
,]
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