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

Rationale

The threat status of Speiser's Armoured Katydid (Acanthoplus speiseri) 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

Speiser's Armoured Katydid is known to occur in Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

Population trend

Trend

No information on population sizes or trends is available.

Threats

This species is widely distributed 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 and it is not known to occur within any 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{20636721,
 author = {Weidner, H.},
 journal = {Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut},
 pages = {110--166},
 title = {Die Hetrodinae (Orthoptera, Saltatoria)},
 volume = {53.0},
 year = {1955}
}
,@article{20636856,
 author = {Bateman, P.W. and Fleming, P.A.},
 journal = {Journal of Insect Behavior},
 pages = {14--22},
 title = {Signaling or Not-Signaling: Variation in Vulnerability and Defense Tactics of Armored Ground Crickets (Acanthoplus speiseri: Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Hetrodinae)},
 volume = {26.0},
 year = {2013}
}
,]
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