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As of July 2017, 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 343
endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...
insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, Thorax (ins ...
species. 5.7% of all evaluated insect species are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 21 insect subspecies as endangered. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN. For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction". An even higher risk is faced by ''critically endangered'' species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered insects are listed separately. There are 538 insect species which are endangered or critically endangered. Additionally 1702 insect species (28% of those evaluated) are listed as ''
data deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status The conservation status of a gro ...
'', meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. While the category of ''data deficient'' indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed." This is a complete list of endangered insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.


Blattodea Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically ...


Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grass ...

There are 91 species and two subspecies in the order Orthoptera assessed as endangered.


Lentulids


Tetrigids


Euschmidtiids


Mogoplistids


Pamphagids


Crickets

Species Subspecies *'' Phaloria insularis insularis''


Acridids


Tettigoniids


Phaneropterids

Species Subspecies *'' Isophya longicaudata longicaudata''


Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typi ...


Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 51 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as endangered.


Swallowtail butterflies Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larges ...


Lycaenids


Nymphalids


Other Lepidoptera species


Beetles Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

There are 72 beetle species assessed as endangered.


Dytiscids


Stag beetles


Geotrupids


Longhorn beetles


Scarabaeids


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 commo ...

Odonata includes dragonflies and damselflies. There are 97 species and 19 subspecies in the order Odonata assessed as endangered.


Platystictids


Platycnemidids

Species Subspecies


Megapodagrionids


Gomphids

Species Subspecies


Calopterygids

Species Subspecies *'' Matrona basilaris japonica''


Coenagrionids

Species Subspecies *'' Pseudagrion torridum hulae''


Aeshnids

Species Subspecies


Libellulids

Species Subspecies


Other Odonata

Species Subspecies


Other insect species


See also

* Lists of IUCN Red List endangered species * List of least concern insects *
List of near threatened insects As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 301 near threatened insect species. 5.0% of all evaluated insect species are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IU ...
* List of vulnerable insects * List of critically endangered insects * List of recently extinct insects * List of data deficient insects


References

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