List of recently extinct insects

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Circle frame.svg1 extinct in the wild insect species (0.02%)195 critically endangered insect species (3.3%)343 endangered insect species (5.7%)608 vulnerable insect species (10%)301 near threatened insect species (5.0%)2843 least concern insect species (47%)1702 data deficient insect species (28%)
Insect species (IUCN, 2016.1)
  • 5993 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4291 of those are fully assessed [lower-alpha 1]
  • 3144 are not threatened at present [lower-alpha 2]
  • 1146 to 2848 are threatened [lower-alpha 3]
  • 59 to 105 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 58 extinct (EX) species [lower-alpha 4]
    • 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]

Contents

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

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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.
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