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)]
^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
In July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 1702 data deficient insect species.[1] Of all evaluated insect species, 28% are listed as data deficient.
No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.
There are 50 species in the order Orthoptera assessed as data deficient.
South-east African burrowing grasshopper (Acrotylus mossambicus )
Piedmont banded grasshopper (Arcyptera alzonai )
Hierro rock grasshopper (Arminda hierroensis )
Kasulu grasshopper (Coryphosima cytidonota )
Kibariani flightless grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis burtti )
Malagarasi grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis reducta )
Oberthür's grasshopper (Gymnobothrus oberthuri )
Römer's gasshopper (Gymnobothrus roemeri )
Crivellari's sand grasshopper (Sphingonotus crivellarii )
Vesey-fitzgerald's mysterious grasshopper (Unalia fitzgeraldi )
Azam's desert grasshopper (Xerohippus azami )
Cyprian desert grasshopper (Xerohippus cyprius )
Small desert grasshopper (Xerohippus sinuosus )
Brown's shieldback (Alfredectes browni )
Charpentier's black-winged clonia (Clonia charpentieri )
Predatory slender clonia (Cloniella praedatoria )
Grebenchikov's cone-head (Conocephalus grebenchikovi )
Cederberg shieldback (Namaquadectes irroratus )
Agiostrati bush-cricket (Rhacocleis agiostratica )
Uvarov's bush-cricket (Rhacocleis uvarovi )
Sopatas' black-kneed katydid (Aprosphylus sopatarum )
Elegant winter katydid (Brinckiella elegans )
Serrated winter katydid (Brinckiella serricauda )
Green winter katydid (Brinckiella viridis )
Belck's dimorphic leaf katydid (Conchotopoda belcki )
Brunner's dimorphic leaf katydid (Conchotopoda brunneri )
Rare dimorphic leaf katydid (Conchotopoda crassicauda )
Zululand dimorphic leaf katydid (Conchotopoda grallatoria )
Damara dimorphic leaf katydid (Conchotopoda leptocerca )
Highveld dimorphic leaf katydid (Conchotopoda parva )
Green ducetia (Ducetia chelocerca )
Namibian agile katydid (Griffiniana pedestris )
Spotted leaf katydid (Phaneroptera nigropunctata )
Poecilimon bifenestratus
Poecilimon tricuspis
Angolan lace-winged katydid (Pseudosaga angolensis )
Dark-edged leaf katydid (Symmetropleura plana )
Other Orthoptera species
Kaikoura weta (Deinacrida parva )
Baccetti's cave-cricket (Dolichopoda baccettii )
Capri cave-cricket (Dolichopoda capreensis )
Megalo Spilio cave-cricket (Dolichopoda giachinoi )
Mucedda's cave-cricket (Dolichopoda muceddai )
Cretan crevice-cricket (Gryllomorpha cretensis )
Prairie mole cricket (Gryllotalpa major )
False stripe-headed cricket (Modicogryllus pseudocyprius )
Kinzelbach's scale-cricket (Mogoplistes kinzelbachi )
Myrmecophilus mayaealberti
Myrmecophilus seychellensis
Phaloria insularis
Subtiloria succineus
Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 87 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as data deficient.
Other Lepidoptera species
There are 377 beetle species assessed as data deficient.
Allotrypes mandibularis
Ceratophyus maghrebinicus
Ceratophyus schaffrathi
Lethrus macrognathus
Lethrus rotundicollis
Thorectes asperifrons
Thorectes demoflysi
Thorectes juengeri
Thorectes latus
Thorectes reflexus
Thorectes trituberculatus
Trypocopris amedei
Axinopalpis barbarae
Chlorophorus aegyptiacus
Lioderina linearis
Procallimus egregius
Pseudosphegesthes cinerea
Purpuricenus globulicollis
Purpuricenus graecus
Stenopterus similatus
Agriotes passosi
Alestrus dolosus
Ampedus balcanicus
Ampedus boquilobensis
Ampedus bouweri
Ampedus callegarii
Ampedus francolinus
Ampedus fuentei
Ampedus gallicus
Ampedus hispanicus
Ampedus impressicollis
Ampedus karneri
Ampedus karpathicus
Ampedus koschwitzi
Ampedus macedonicus
Ampedus magistrettii
Ampedus melanurus
Ampedus minos
Ampedus pooti
Ampedus pyrenaeus
Ampedus rugosus
Ampedus talamellii
Ampedus vandalitiae
Ampedus ziegleri
Athous mendesi
Athous recaldei
Athous schurmanni
Athous strictus
Athous zuzartei
Brachygonus campadellii
Cardiophorus widenfalki
Denticollis interpositus
Haterumelater schembrii
Haterumelater tauricola
Porthmidius gelineki
Procraerus cretensis
Stenagostus laufferi
Stenagostus sardiniensis
Triplax andreinii
Triplax carpathica
Triplax cyanescens
Triplax pygmaea
Triplax rudis
Triplax tergestana
Other beetle species
Ancyrona japonica
Clypeorhagus clypeatus
Hylis slipinskii
Microrhagus hummleri
Mycetophagus tauricus
Pediacus tabellatus
Protaetia sardea
Tenebroides fuscus
Thambus frivaldskyi
Thymalus oblongus