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

Rationale

The threat status of the Acacia 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 Acacia Katydid (Terpnistria lobulata) is widespread in Botswana, Namibia and northern South Africa, including Limpopo, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga Provinces.

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, 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 areas, Kruger National Park. 

References 

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 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{20642934,
 author = {Ragge, D.R.},
 journal = {Bulletin of British Museum (Natural History)},
 pages = {75--108},
 title = {An Index-Catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)},
 volume = {22.0},
 year = {1968}
}
,]
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