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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Corinna Bazelet Piotr Naskrecki
Reviewers: Axel Hochkirch Luc Willemse

Rationale

The threat status of the African Oblong-eyed Katydid (Eurycorypha meruensis) is Least Concern because it has a relatively large extent of occurrence and, due to its occurrence within protected areas, 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 African Oblong-eyed Katydid is common in East Africa including Mt. Meru and Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (Hemp, 2013), and was once recorded from Pretoria, Gauteng Province, 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 it is not expected to be 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 within at least one protected area, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

References 

[@electronic{58124,
 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{20656365,
 author = {Chopard, L.},
 journal = {Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle},
 number = {89-134},
 title = {Mission scientifique de l'Omo: Orthoptera I. Dictyoptera, Phasmodea, Ensifera},
 volume = {8.0},
 year = {1938}
}
,]
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