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Locris phaenicoptera

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Locris phaenicoptera is a species in the family Cercopidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Angola, Burundi and Congo - Kinshasa.

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Quick facts about Locris phaenicoptera

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
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Locris phaenicoptera 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 phaenicoptera is listed for 5 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoSouth AfricaMozambiqueAngolaBurundi
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Burundi
  3. Congo - Kinshasa
  4. Mozambique
  5. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Locris phaenicoptera 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 phaenicoptera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCercopidae
  6. genusLocris
  7. SpeciesLocris phaenicoptera (Walker, 1851)

Synonyms Cercopis transversa, Locris thunbergi, Locris transversa phenicoptera, Locris transversa stali, Locris transversa transversa, Locris transversa var. fusca, Locris transversa var. phoenicoptera, Locris transversa var. ståli, Locris transversa var. stalii, Locris transversa var. stålii, Monecphora fascicollis, Monecphora fuscicollis, Monecphora phaenicoptera, Monecphora transversa

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Locris phaenicoptera

Other species in the same genus Locris.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Locris phaenicoptera live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Locris phaenicoptera for 5 countries: Angola, Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Mozambique and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Locris phaenicoptera?

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

MLA

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

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@misc{locris_phaenicoptera_2026,
  title = {Locris phaenicoptera (Locris phaenicoptera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-phaenicoptera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}