Brown false shieldback

Brown false shieldback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T20639359A56180116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20639359A56180116.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.


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