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BackArminda fuerteventurae Holzapfel, 1972

Arminda fuerteventurae Holzapfel, 1972

Fuerteventura Rock Grasshopper

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Family: Acrididae
LC Least Concern
IUCN Red List Status:

Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries

Archipelago(s):
Canaries

Assessor/s:
Hochkirch, A.

Reviewer/s:
Odé, B. & García, M.

Contributor/s:
Jakobs, D. & Kranz, M.

Facilitators / Compilers/s:


Assessment Rationale:

The Fuerteventura Rock Grasshopper is common in habitats with scarce vegetation, and is probably not affected by human activities. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern (LC).

Geographic Range:

The Fuerteventura Rock Grasshopper is endemic to Fuerteventura (Husemann and Hochkirch 2007, Hochkirch and Görzig 2009). Its extent of occurrence is ca 2,400 km².

Regions:
Spain - Canaries
Extent of Occurrence (EOO):
2369 (km2)
Area of Occupancy (AOO):
228-500 (km2)
Elevation Lower Limit:
(m)
Elevation Upper Limit:
600 (m)
Biogeographic Realms:
Paleartic
Presence:
Extant
Origin:
Endemic Canaries
Seasonality:
Resident

Population:

No data on population size and trends are available. However, the species is widespread and common on Fuerteventura. The population trend is unknown.

Habitat and Ecology

Arminda fuerteventurae is common in dry vegetation with large amounts of bare ground and rocks.

Major Threat(s):

The species is probably not strongly affected by human activities, but it may locally threatened by urbanisation and touristic development.

Conservation Actions

No conservation measures are in place for this widespread species, although it is found in protected areas. More research into its ecology and population trend is needed.