Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tettigoniidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Orthoptera Subfamily Meconematinae | |
The black-spotted false shieldback (Aroegas nigroornatus) is a species of katydid that is only known from the male holotype collected from Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is threatened by livestock grazing and changing weather patterns disturbing its microhabitat.
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