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

Rationale

The threat status of the Slender Leaf Katydid (Catoptropteryx aurita) 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

The Slender Leaf Katydid is distributed throughout tropical East Africa, from Kenya in the North to Limpopo Province, South Africa, in the South.


Population trend

Trend

No information on population sizes or trends is available.

Threats

This species has a widespread distribution 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 but it has a widespread distribution.

References 

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 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{20633133,
 author = {Hemp, C.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 number = {4},
 pages = {301--342},
 title = {Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania},
 volume = {3613.0},
 year = {2013}
}
,@article{20656329,
 author = {Huxley},
 journal = {Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)},
 number = {5},
 pages = {127--170},
 title = {A revision of the genus Catoptropteryx Karsch (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)},
 volume = {24.0},
 year = {1970}
}
,]
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