Pneumora

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Pneumora
File:Khonia bladderhopper (Pneumora inanis) imported from iNaturalist photo 15103430.jpg
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pneumoridae
Genus: Pneumora
Thunberg, 1775
Species:
P. inanis
Binomial name
Pneumora inanis
(Fabricius, 1775)
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Pneumora inanis is found in the Eastern Cape and KZN. There is an isolated population in Lukuledi, Tanzania.
  Extant (resident)
Synonyms
  • Latreille, 1829 (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Thunberg, 1775 Gryllus inanis
  • Cystocoelia inanis Fabricius 1775
  • Pneumora scutellaris Pneumora sexguttata

Pneumora inanis, the Khonia bladderhopper, is a species in the family Pneumoridae endemic to the coastal forest regions of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. It is the only species in the genus Pneumora.[2]

Distribution

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Pneumora inanis is found in patchy forested areas along the coast between Port Elizabeth and Mtunzini. There is a single record from Tanzania.[1]

Conservation status

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Pneumora inanis has been assessed as Near Threatened due to the threats of deforestation, the decline of mature individuals, the population being severely fragmented, and its small area of occupancy.[1]

Ecology

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Pneumora inanis is found in coastal forests on Leucosidea sericea and Searsia pentheri.[1]

References

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  2. ^ Pneumora at orthoptera.speciesfile.org

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