Morogoro pretty grasshopper

Morogoro pretty grasshopper
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Family:	Thericleidae
Genus:	Acanthothericles
Species:	A. bicoloripes
Binomial name
	Acanthothericles bicoloripes; Descamps, 1977

The Morogoro pretty grasshopper (Acanthothericles bicoloripes) is a species of thericleid orthopteran that is endemic to lowland and submontane rainforests around Morogoro in Tanzania. It has not been recorded since 1939 and is possibly extinct. If it is still extant, it is threatened by deforestation and conversion to agricultural land.

References

Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Acanthothericles bicoloripes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T19674914A19681625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19674914A19681625.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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[1] Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Acanthothericles bicoloripes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T19674914A19681625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19674914A19681625.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.