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

Rationale

The threat status of Brunner's Melidia is Least Concern because it has a relatively large extent of occurrence and, due to its occurrence within sparsely inhabited regions, its geographic range is not expected to be severely fragmented or to experience decline or extreme fluctuations presently or in the foreseeable future.  

Distribution

Brunner's Melidia (Melidia brunneri) occurs in Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, and Limpopo, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga Provinces, 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, Brunner's Melidia is not directly threatened.

Uses and trade

This species is not utilized.

Conservation

No specific conservation measures are in place for this species and it is not known to occur in any protected areas. 

References 

[@book{41623,
 address = {Cape Town},
 author = {Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. },
 publisher = {Struik},
 title = {Field Guide to the Insects of South Africa },
 year = {2004}
}
,@electronic{15431178,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{20643622,
 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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