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

Rationale

The threat status of the Long-winged Agile Katydid is Least Concern because it has a large extent of occurrence, and, due to its occurrence within sparsely inhabited regions 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

The Long-winged Agile Katydid (Griffiniana longipes) is the most widely distributed species of the genus Griffiniana, currently known from central Namibia to northwest regions of Northern Cape Province, South Africa, along the Orange River.

Population trend

Trend

No information on population sizes or trends is available.

Threats

The greatest threats to this species are habitat destruction and climate change, 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 is known to occur in at least one protected area, Richtersveld National Park. 

References 

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 author = {Gorochov, A.J.},
 journal = {African Invertebrates},
 number = {2},
 pages = {435--446},
 title = {Katydids of the genus Ewanella and of the subgenus Megalotheca (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)},
 volume = {50.0},
 year = {2009}
}
,@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}
}
,@article{20641490,
 author = {Naskrecki, P. and Bazelet, C.S.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 pages = {47--58},
 title = {A revision of the southern African katydid genus Griffiniana Karny  (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae)},
 volume = {3218.0},
 year = {2012}
}
,]
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