Morogoro pretty grasshopper

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Short description: Species of grasshopper

Morogoro pretty grasshopper

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Thericleidae
Genus: Acanthothericles
Species:
A. bicoloripes
Binomial name
Acanthothericles bicoloripes
Descamps, 1977

The Morogoro pretty grasshopper (Acanthothericles bicoloripes) is a species of thericleid orthopteran that is endemic to lowland and submontane rainforests around Morogoro in Tanzania. It has not been recorded since 1939 and is possibly extinct. If it is still extant, it is threatened by deforestation and conversion to agricultural land.

References

  1. Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Acanthothericles bicoloripes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2014: e.T19674914A19681625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19674914A19681625.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19674914/0. Retrieved 6 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10398683 entry





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