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

Rationale

The Reticulated Leaf Katydid has a relatively large extent of occurrence and, due to its occurrence in the tree canopy along rivers, 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 Reticulated Leaf Katydid (Eulioptera reticulata) is widespread throughout sub-saharan Africa. The species consists of three subspecies: E. reticulata reticulata is widespread throughout Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces, South Africa. E. reticulata planilima is distributed in DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, while E. reticulata leptomorpha occurs in Angola, Botswana, DRC, Benin, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern 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, and in tree canopies in riverine habitats, the Reticulated Sickle-Bearing Leaf Katydid is not expected to be 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 five protected areas, Kruger National Park and Ndumu Game Reserve, South Africa, Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Ngurdoto National Parks, Tanzania.

References 

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 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1},
 year = {2014}
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 author = {Ragge, D.R.},
 journal = {Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology},
 pages = {67--192},
 title = {A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)},
 volume = {40.0},
 year = {1980}
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