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Locris cardinalis

Status not recordedinsects

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

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Quick facts about Locris cardinalis

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 cardinalis 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 cardinalis is listed for 2 countries.

TanzaniaKenya
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Kenya
  2. Tanzania

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Locris cardinalis 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 cardinalis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCercopidae
  6. genusLocris
  7. SpeciesLocris cardinalis (Gerstaecker, 1873)

Synonyms Cercopis cardinalis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Locris cardinalis

Other species in the same genus Locris.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Locris cardinalis live?

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

What kind of animal is Locris cardinalis?

Locris cardinalis (Locris cardinalis) 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 cardinalis (Locris cardinalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-cardinalis

MLA

“Locris cardinalis (Locris cardinalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-cardinalis.

BibTeX
@misc{locris_cardinalis_2026,
  title = {Locris cardinalis (Locris cardinalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-cardinalis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}