Mount Coke false shieldback

Mount Coke false shieldback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Acilacris
Species: A. furcatus
Binomial name
Acilacris furcatus
Naskrecki, 1996

The Mount Coke false shieldback (Acilacris furcatus) is a tettigoniid orthopteran that is endemic to a single small locality in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It has not been seen since its original discovery in 1965.

References

  1. Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Acilacris furcatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 August 2014.


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