List of recently extinct insects

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<imagemap> File:Circle frame.svg|220px poly 100 100 200 100 199 100 100 100 1 extinct in the wild insect species (0.02%) poly 100 100 199 100 199 98 199 96 199 94 199 92 199 90 199 88 199 86 198 84 198 82 197 81 197 80 100 100 195 critically endangered insect species (3.3%) poly 100 100 197 80 197 78 197 76 196 74 195 72 195 70 194 69 194 67 193 65 192 63 191 61 191 59 190 57 189 56 188 54 187 52 186 50 185 49 184 47 100 100 343 endangered insect species (5.7%) poly 100 100 184 47 183 45 182 44 181 42 179 40 178 39 177 37 176 36 174 34 173 33 172 31 170 30 169 28 167 27 166 26 164 24 163 23 161 22 160 21 158 19 156 18 155 17 153 16 151 15 150 14 148 13 146 12 144 11 143 10 141 9 139 9 137 8 135 7 100 100 608 vulnerable insect species (10%) poly 100 100 135 7 134 7 132 6 130 5 128 5 126 4 124 4 122 3 120 3 118 2 116 2 114 2 112 1 110 1 108 1 106 1 105 1 100 100 301 near threatened insect species (5.0%) poly 100 100 105 1 103 1 101 1 99 1 97 1 95 1 93 1 91 1 89 1 87 1 85 2 83 2 81 2 79 3 77 3 75 4 73 4 71 5 69 5 67 6 65 6 64 7 62 8 60 9 58 9 56 10 54 11 53 12 51 13 49 14 47 15 46 16 44 17 42 18 41 20 39 21 38 22 36 23 35 24 33 26 32 27 30 29 29 30 27 31 26 33 25 34 23 36 22 37 21 39 19 41 18 42 17 44 16 45 15 47 14 49 13 51 12 52 11 54 10 56 9 58 8 59 8 61 7 63 6 65 5 67 5 69 4 71 3 73 3 74 2 76 2 78 2 80 1 82 1 84 1 86 0 88 0 90 0 92 0 94 0 96 0 98 0 100 0 102 0 104 0 106 0 108 0 110 0 112 0 114 1 116 1 118 1 120 2 122 2 124 3 126 3 128 4 130 4 132 5 134 6 135 7 137 7 139 8 141 9 143 10 145 11 146 12 148 13 150 14 152 15 153 16 155 17 157 18 158 19 160 20 162 22 163 23 165 24 166 25 168 27 169 28 171 30 172 31 173 32 175 34 176 36 177 37 179 39 180 40 181 42 182 44 183 45 184 47 186 49 187 50 188 52 189 54 189 56 190 57 191 59 192 61 193 63 194 65 194 67 195 69 196 70 196 72 197 74 197 76 198 78 198 78 198 100 100 2843 least concern insect species (47%) poly 100 100 78 198 80 199 82 199 84 199 86 200 88 200 90 200 92 200 94 200 96 200 98 200 100 200 102 200 104 200 106 200 108 200 110 200 112 200 114 199 116 199 118 199 120 198 122 198 124 197 126 197 128 196 130 196 132 195 133 195 135 194 137 193 139 192 141 192 143 191 144 190 146 189 148 188 150 187 151 186 153 185 155 184 156 183 158 182 160 180 161 179 163 178 164 177 166 175 167 174 169 173 170 171 172 170 173 168 174 167 176 165 177 164 178 162 179 161 181 159 182 157 183 156 184 154 185 152 186 151 187 149 188 147 189 145 190 143 191 142 191 140 192 138 193 136 194 134 194 132 195 130 195 129 196 127 197 125 197 123 197 121 198 119 198 117 198 115 199 113 199 111 199 109 199 107 199 105 199 103 199 101 200 101 100 100 1702 data deficient insect species (28%) desc none </imagemap>

Insect species (IUCN, 2016.1)
  • 5993 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4291 of those are fully assessed[a]
  • 3144 are not threatened at present[b]
  • 1146 to 2848 are threatened[c]
  • 59 to 105 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 58 extinct (EX) species[d]
    • 1 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 46 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

  1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 58 extinct species, 46 possibly extinct species, and one Extinct in the wild species of insect.[1][2]

Caddisflies

Extinct species

Mayflies

Extinct species

Flies

Extinct species

Earwigs

Extinct species

Plecoptera

Extinct species

Hemiptera

Extinct species

Blattodea

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Phasmatodea

Extinct species

Orthoptera

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

Hymenopterans

Possibly extinct species

Mantodeans

Possibly extinct species

Lepidoptera

Moths and butterflies

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Beetles

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Odonata

Includes dragonflies and damselflies.

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

See also

References

  1. ^ "IUCN Red List version 2016.1". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 4 July 2016.