Brown false shieldback

Brown false shieldback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Genus: Aroegas
Species: A. fuscus
Binomial name
Aroegas fuscus
Naskrecki, 1996

The brown false shieldback (Aroegas fuscus) is a species of katydid that is only known from two localities; in Mpumalanga and in Limpopo provinces, South Africa. It only occurs at elevations above 1,200 m in the mesic highveld grasslands.

References

  1. Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Aroegas fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 July 2014.


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