Mount Coke false shieldback

Mount Coke false shieldback
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Acilacris furcatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T20638495A56180068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20638495A56180068.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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[1] Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Acilacris furcatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T20638495A56180068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20638495A56180068.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.