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

Rationale

The threat status of the Kalahari Clonia (Clonia kalahariensis) 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 Kalahari Clonia is known to occur in Botswana and in the Northern Cape and Free State Provinces of 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 the species is known to occur within at least one protected area, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. 

References 

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 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3},
 year = {2014}
}
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 address = {Berlin},
 author = {Bailey  and Rentz },
 booktitle = {The Predatory Saginae},
 editor = {Kaltenbach, A.P.},
 pages = {281--302},
 publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
 title = {Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution},
 year = {1990}
}
,@article{20658695,
 author = {Kaltenbach, A.P.},
 journal = {Annals of the Natal Museum},
 pages = {281--295 },
 title = {An illustrated key for identifying African Saginae (Saltatoria: Tettigoniidae)},
 volume = {21.0},
 year = {1972}
}
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