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Locris aenea

Status not recordedinsects

Locris aenea is a species in the family Cercopidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: South Africa and Tanzania.

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Quick facts about Locris aenea

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Locris aenea live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Locris aenea is listed for 2 countries.

TanzaniaSouth Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa
  2. Tanzania

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Locris aenea endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Locris aenea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCercopidae
  6. genusLocris
  7. SpeciesLocris aenea Distant, 1908

Synonyms Locris aenea aenea, Locris aenea var. distanti

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Locris aenea

Other species in the same genus Locris.

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Common questions

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Where does Locris aenea live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Locris aenea for 2 countries: South Africa and Tanzania. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Locris aenea?

Locris aenea (Locris aenea) belongs to the family Cercopidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Locris aenea (Locris aenea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-aenea

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BibTeX
@misc{locris_aenea_2026,
  title = {Locris aenea (Locris aenea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-aenea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}