Richtersveld katydid

Short description: Species of cricket-like animal

Richtersveld katydid

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Orthoptera
Suborder:  | Ensifera
Family:  | Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:  | Meconematinae
Tribe:  | Meconematini
Subtribe:  | Acilacridina
Genus:  | Africariola
Species:  |

A. longicauda

Binomial name
Africariola longicauda

Naskrecki, 1996

The Richtersveld katydid (Africariola longicauda) is a species of katydid that is endemic to the Richtersveld National Park in South Africa . It occurs in semi-arid habitats of the Karoo biotope. It is threatened by livestock grazing and climate change.

## References

1. ↑ Bazelet, C.; Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Africariola longicauda". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2014: e.T20638608A43266532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20638608A43266532.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20638608/0. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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