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Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 62 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as near threatened.
There are 56 beetle species assessed as near threatened.
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of nat ...
(IUCN) lists 390 near threatened
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify f ...
arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and cuticle made of chiti ...
species. 4.1% of all evaluated arthropod species are listed as near threatened.
The IUCN also lists six arthropod subspecies as near threatened.
No subpopulations of arthropods have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of near threatened arthropod species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.
Branchiopoda
Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca and the Devonian ''Lepidocaris''. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.
Description ...
* Mono Lake brine shrimp ''(Artemia monica)''
* California linderiella ''(Linderiella occidentalis)''
Entognatha
The Entognatha are a class of wingless and ametabolous arthropods, which, together with the insects, makes up the subphylum Hexapoda. Their mouthparts are entognathous, meaning that they are retracted within the head, unlike the insects. Entog ...
*'' Blasconura batai''
*'' Lepidonella lecongkieti''
Decapods
The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order (biology), order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, Caridea, shrimp and Dendrobranchiata, prawns. Most ...
There are 71 decapod species and six decapod subspecies assessed as near threatened.Other decapod species
Insects
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of j ...
There are 301 insect species assessed as near threatened.Other Lepidoptera species
Other beetle species
Odonata
Odonata is an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, first appeared in Late Carboniferous.
The two com ...
Odonata includes dragonflies and damselflies. There are 119 species in the order Odonata assessed as near threatened.Other Odonata species
See also
* Lists of IUCN Red List near threatened species * List of least concern arthropods *List of vulnerable arthropods
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1080 vulnerable arthropod species. 11% of all evaluated arthropod species are listed as vulnerable.
The IUCN also lists 29 arthropod subspecies as vulnerable.
N ...
* List of endangered arthropods
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 616 endangered arthropod species. 6.5% of all evaluated arthropod species are listed as endangered.
The IUCN also lists 27 arthropod subspecies as endangered.
No ...
* List of critically endangered arthropods
* List of recently extinct arthropods
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 81 extinct species, 86 possibly extinct species, and two extinct in the wild species of arthropod.
Centipedes
Possibly extinct species
*'' Mecistocephalus cy ...
* List of data deficient arthropods
References
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