CRCritically Endangered
Castleton's Flightless Katydid
Austrodontura castletoni
Unknown
Photo: Photo: (c) Piotr Naskrecki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Piotr Naskrecki
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Habitat
Forest· majorMarine coastal/supratidal· majorMarine neritic· major
Conservation measures underway
Site/area protection
Other threatened species in TETTIGONIIDAE
Threatened in South Africa
Frequently asked questions
Why is Castleton's Flightless Katydid classified as Critically Endangered?
Castleton's Flightless Katydid is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range, per the IUCN Red List assessment recorded in the SpeciesRadar database.
Where does Castleton's Flightless Katydid live?
Castleton's Flightless Katydid occurs in South Africa. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.
What are the main threats to Castleton's Flightless Katydid?
The main threats to Castleton's Flightless Katydid are 11.1, 2.1, 5.3, and 8.1. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.
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