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

Rationale

The threat status of the Elegant Sylvan Katydid (Acauloplax exigua) 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 Elegant Sylvan Katydid is known to occur in Tanzania, DRC (Hemp, 2013), Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Population trend

Trend

No information on population sizes or trends is available.

Threats

This species is widely distributed 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 is not known to occur within at least two protected areas, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, and Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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}
}
,@inbook{20657778,
 address = {Gravenhage},
 author = {Beier },
 booktitle = {Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae},
 editor = {Beier, M. },
 publisher = {W. Junk},
 title = {Orthopterorum Catalogues},
 year = {1963}
}
,]
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