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

Rationale

The threat status of Olszanowki's Black-kneed Katydid is Least Concern because it has a relatively large extent of occurrence and, due its presence at mid-elevations 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.  

Distribution

Olszanowki's Black-kneed Katydid (Aprosphylus olszanowskii) is endemic to South Africa and distributed in the Western Cape and Northern Cape Provinces, South Africa, only.

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 intermediate elevations 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 is known to occur in at least two protected areas, Tankwa Karoo National Park and Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve. 

References 

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 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{20641107,
 author = {Naskrecki, P.},
 journal = {Journal of African Zoology},
 number = {3},
 pages = {279--320},
 title = {The Mecopodinae of southern Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Tettigoniidae)},
 volume = {108.0},
 year = {1994}
}
,]
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