Coleoptera (Beetles)

Family: Anthribidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Homoeodera nodulipennis	Wollaston, 1877	Gnarled broad-headed weevil	pre-1878	St. Helena	Extinct	Access
Urodontidius enigmaticus	Louw, 1993	-	-	South Africa	Rediscovered	Access
Valenfriesia rotundata	(Wollaston, 1877)	Rotund fungus weevil	March 1967	St. Helena	Extinct	Access

Family: Bothrideridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Ascetoderes strigatus	(Arrow, 1900)	-	pre-1901	Christmas Island, Australia	Missing	Access

Family: Brachinidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Brachinus solidipalpis	Tian & Deuve, 2007	-	1843	Manila, Philippines	Missing	Access

Family: Buprestidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Castiarina insculpta	Carter, 1934	Miena jewel beetle	-	Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Melobasis empyria	Olliff, 1889	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access

Family: Carabidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aplothorax burchelli	Waterhouse, 1841 (1842?)	-	1967	St. Helena	Extinct	Access
Atelothrus transiens	Sharp, 1903	Transient atelothrus ground beetle	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Bembidion derelictus	Alluaud, 1926	-	1888	Flores, Azores	Extinct	Access
Bembidion palosverdes	Kavanaugh & Erwin, 1992	Palos Verdes intertidal minute carabid beetle	(rediscovered)	Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Bembidion sublimbatus	Wollaston,1877	-	?	High Central Ridge, St Helena	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia agonoides	Sharp, 1903	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia anomala	(Blackburn, 1878)	-	(rediscovered)	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Blackburnia blaptoides	Blackburn, 1878	-	pre-1901	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia burneyi	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia cryptipes	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia godzilla	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia haleakala	Liebherr, 2000	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia insignis	Sharp, 1903	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia lenta	Sharp, 1903	-	(rediscovered)	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Blackburnia menehune	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia metromenoides	Perkins, 1917	Waianae Mountains ground beetle	?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia micantipennis	Sharp, 1903	Kauai ground beetle, Waimea ground beetle	1935	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia mothra	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia mystica	Blackburn, 1877	Mystical ground beetle	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia oceanica	Blackburn, 1877	Koolau Mountains ground beetle, Oceanic ground beetle	?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia octoocellata	(Karsch, 1881)	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia ovata	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia rugosa	Liebherr & Porch, 2015	-	late Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Blackburnia sharpi	Blackburn, 1878	-	1902	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia tantalus	Blackburn, 1877	Oahu ground beetle	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia terebrata	Blackburn, 1881	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Blackburnia transiens	Sharp, 1903	Transient ground beetle	?	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Bradycellus chavesi	Alluaud, 1919	-	1918	São Miguel Island, Azores	Extinct	Access
Bryanites graeffii	Liebherr, 2017	-	pre-1871	Samoa	Extinct	Access
Calathus extensicollis	Putzeys, 1863 (1873?)	-	1930	Pico, Azores	Extinct	Access
Calathus vicenteorum	Schatzmayr, 1937	-	1985	São Miguel Island, Azores	Extinct	Access
Cicindelidia floridana	Cartwright, 1939	Miami scabrous tiger beetle, Floridan tiger beetle, Miami tiger beetle	(rediscovered)	Miami, Florida, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Cicindela chlorocephala smythi	Harris, 1913	Smyth's tiger beetle, Smyth’s lime-headed tiger beetle	June 1912	Padre Island, Texas, USA	Extinct	Access
Cicindela hirticollis abrupta	Casey, 1913	Sacramento Valley hairy-necked beetle	c.1984	Sacramento Valley, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Cicindela latesignata obliviosa	Casey, 1913	Oblivious tiger beetle, Western beach tiger beetle	c.1980?	California, USA	Missing or invalid (synonym)	Access
Cicindela tranquebarica ssp. nov. 'San Joaquin'	-	San Joaquin tiger beetle	?	California, USA	Missing	Access
Clivina morio	Dejean, 1831	-	(rediscovered)	USA	Rediscovered	Access
Cylindera uudata	(Horn, 1915)	-	(rediscovered)	Durango, Mexico	Rediscovered	Access
Cymindis alutacea	Wollaston, 1867	-	(rediscovered)	São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Harpalus prosperus	Basilewsky, 1972	-	1960's	St. Helena	Missing	Access
Holcaspis brevicula	Butcher, 1984	Eyrewell ground beetle	2005	Eyrewell Forest, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Horologion speokites	Valentine, 1932	Arbuckle Cave ground beetle	?	West Virginia, USA	Missing	Access
Ishikawatrechus intermedius	Ueno, 1957	Kadota Chibi blind ground beetle	(rediscovered)	Kôchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan	Rediscovered	Access
Lacordairia fugax	(Olliff, 1889)	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Laemostenus libanensis	(Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1876)	-	(rediscovered)	Lebanon	Rediscovered	Access
Leistus punctatissimus	Breit, 1914	-	(rediscovered)	Italy	Rediscovered	Access
Mecodema costellum sp. nov. 'South Canterbury'	-	South Canterbury weevil	?	South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Mecodema costellum ssp. nov. 'spelles'	-	Paturau Caves mecodema weevil	Before 1840?	Paturau Caves, Nelson (northwest), South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Mecodema punctellum	Broun, 1921	Stephens Island weevil	1931	Stephens Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Mecodema sp. nov. 'South Canterbury'	-	South Canterbury weevil	?	South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Mecyclothorax nubicola	Blackburn (year?)	-	(rediscovered)	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Mecyclothorax rusticus	Sharp (year?)	-	(rediscovered)	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Megadromus sp. nov. 'South Island'	-	-	subfossil	South Island, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Metromenus cuneipennis	Blackburn, 1877	Wedge-winged metromenus ground beetle	-	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Nurus atlas	(Laporte, 1867)	-	-	Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Nurus brevis	Motschulsky, 1865	-	-	Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Platynus dissipatus	Scudder, 1890	-	Late Pleistocene	Canada	Extinct	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus fowlerae	Barr, 1980	Fowler's cave beetle	-	Tennessee, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus insularis	Barr, 1959	Bakers Station cave beetle	-	Tennessee, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus krameri	Krekeler, 1973	Kramer's cave beetle	?	Cave Hill Cave, Ohio, USA	Extinct	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus krekeleri	Barr, 1965	Rich Mountain cave beetle	1985	West Virginia, USA	Extinct	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus parvus	Krekeler, 1973	Tatum Cave beetle	1965	Marion County, Kentucky, USA	Missing	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus paulus	Barr, 1981	Noblett's cave beetle	-	Tennessee, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus tiresias	Barr, 1959	Soothsayer cave beetle	-	Tennessee, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudano- phthalmus tullahoma	Barr, 1959	Duck River Cave ground beetle	?	Tennessee, USA	Missing	Access
Pterostichus destitutus	Scudder, 1890	-	Late Pleistocene	Canada	Extinct	Access
Rakantrechus elegans	Uéno, 1960	Kozono blind chibi beetle	1955?	Kozono, Tsukumi city, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan	Missing	Access
Rhadine ozarkensis	Sanderson & Miller, 1941	Ozark Cave ground beetle	(rediscovered)	Fincher('s) Cave, Washington County, Arkansas, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Trechus balsamensis	Barr, 1962	Plott Balsam Mountains ground beetle	?	North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus carolinae	Schaeffer, 1901	Black Mountains ground beetle	?	North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus luculentus luculentus	Barr, 1962	Bright ground beetle	?	North Carolina & Tennessee, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus luculentus unicoi	Barr, 1979	Unicoi Mountains ground beetle	?	North Carolina & Tennessee, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus mitchellensis	Barr, 1962	Mitchell's ground beetle	?	North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus novaculosus	Barr, 1962	Great Smoky Mountains ground beetle	?	North Carolina & Tennessee, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus roanicus	Barr, 1962	Roan Mountain ground beetle	?	North Carolina & Tennessee, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus rosenbergi	Barr, 1962	Rosenberg's ground beetle	?	North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus satanicus	Barr, 1962	Satanic ground beetle	?	North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus subtilis	Barr, 1962	Fine ground beetle	?	North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
Trechus torretassoi	Jeannel, 1937	-	1985	São Miguel Island, Azores	Extinct	Access

Family: Cerambycidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Anoplophora ogasawaraensis	Makihara, 1976	Ogasawara longhorn beetle	2 June 1915	Ogasawara Islands (=Bonin Islands) (island unknown)	Missing	Access
Diseoblax wrightii	(Waterhouse, 1880)	Gros moutouc du filao	1950's?	Seychelles	Extinct	Access
Elasmotena insulana	(Olliff, 1890)	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Oricopis insulana	(Olliff, 1890)	-	-	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Romulus globosus	Knull, 1948	-	(rediscovered)	Florida, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Somatidia pulchella	Olliff, 1889	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Xylotoles wollastoni	(White, 1856)	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access

Family: Chrysomelidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Chrysolina fragariae	(Wollaston, 1854)	-	(rediscovered)	Madeira	Rediscovered	Access
Sphenoraia chujoi	Lee, 2014	Sôzan beetle	1936	Sôzan, Taiwan	Extinct	Access

Family: Cicindelidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Jansenia laeticolor	(W. Horn, 1904)	-	(rediscovered)	Sri Lanka	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Cleridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cormodes darwinii	Pascoe, 1860	-	-	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Coccinellidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Henosepilachna nativitatis	(Arrow, 1900)	-	pre-1900	Christmas Island, Australia	Missing	Access
Micraspis flavovittata	Crotch, 1874	-	(rediscovered)	Victoria, Australia	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Curculionidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Anagotus sp. nov. 'Fred Cave'	-	Fred Cave Anagotus weevil	?	Waitomo, North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Anchonocranus oleae	Marshall, 1912		(rediscovered)	South Africa	Rediscovered	Access
Bagous lyali	Caldara & O'Brien, 1998	-	5 July 1934	Hula Valley, Israel	Missing	Access
Cossonus variipennis	Gahan, 1900	-	?	Christmas Island, Australia	Missing	Access
Curculio caryatrypes	(Boheman, 1843)	Larger chesnut weevil	1956	Canada & USA	Extinct	Access
Dryophthorus distinguendus	Perkins, 1900	-	1961	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Dryotribus mimeticus	Horn, 1873	-	1953	French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island, Laysan and Wake Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Dryotribus wilderi	Perkins, 1916	-	June 1962	Hawaiian Islands, USA (French Frigate Shoals, Kure, Laysan & Pearl and Hermes)	Missing	Access
Hadramphus tuberculatus	Pascoe, 1877	Canterbury knobbed weevil, Spaniard weevil, Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil	(rediscovered)	Canterbury Plains, South Island, New Zealand	Rediscovered	Access
Hadramphus sp. nov. 'Westland caves'	-	-	subfossil	Westland Caves area, South Island, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Howeotranes insularis	(Pascoe, 1874)	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Hybomorphus melanosomus	Saunders & Jekel, 1855	Lord Howe Island ground weevil	June 1869 or before?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Leptopius etheridgei	(Olliff, 1889)	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Megacolabus sculpturatus	Broun, 1893	Akaroa weevil	pre-1894	Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Neocnemis occidentalis	Crotch, 1867	-	1865	Santa Maria, Azores	Extinct	Access
Nesiobius barbatus	Wollaston, 1877	-	1880	St. Helena	Extinct	Access
Nesiobius breviusculus	Wollaston, 1877	-	?	St. Helena	Extinct	Access
Nesiobius fimbriatus	Wollaston, 1887	Fringed nesiobius weevil	?	St. Helena	Extinct	Access
Nesotocus kauaiensis	Perkins, 1900	Kauai nesotocus weevil	?	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Ogasawarazo daitoensis	Voss, 1971	-	-	Japan	Rediscovered	Access
Oodemas laysanensis	Fullaway, 1914	Laysan weevil	1964 or June 1990	Laysan, Midway, Nihoa and Necker Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Orthorhinus lateralis	Pascoe, 1882	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Pentarthrum blackburni	Sharp, 1878	Blackburn's weevil	1961	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Prothrombosternus tarsalis	Voss, 1965	-	(rediscovered)	Rubeho Mountains, Tanzania	Rediscovered	Access
Rhyncogonus bryani	Perkins, 1919	Bryan's weevil	1911	Laysan Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Rhyncogonus extraneus	Perkins, 1910	-	16 January 1941	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Rhyncogonus "tarakoi"	-	Tarakoi weevil	1985 (1987?)	Tarakoi islet, Austral Islands	Missing	Access
Thotmus halli	Broun, 1910	Hall's weevil, Pitt Island weevil	1906-1908	Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Torishimazo minamiiwoensis	Morimoto, 2015	-	-	Minami Iwo-jima, Japan	Rediscovered	Access
Trigonoscuta rossi	Pierce, 1975	Fort Ross weevil	1975	Fort Ross, California, USA	Missing	Access
Trigonoscuta yorbalindae	Pierce, 1975	Yorba Linda weevil	1975	Yorba Linda area, California, USA	Missing	Access
Tychanopais sp. nov. 'Fred Cave'	-	Fred Cave tychanopais weevil	?	Waitomo, North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Tymbopiptus valeas	Kuschel, 1987	-	1680 +/- 50 years BP	New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Xestophasis xerophilus	Decelle & Voss 1972	-	pre-2003	St. Helena	Missing	Access
Xyleborus pele	Samuelson, 1981	-	-	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Xyleborus pleiades	Samuleson, 1981		-	Maui & Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Dytiscidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Acilius sinensis	Peschet, 1915	-	(rediscovered)	Yunnan Province, China	Extinct	Access
Coelhydrus brevicollis	Sharp, 1882	-	(rediscovered)	South Africa	Rediscovered	Access
Copelatus duodecimstriatus	Aubé, 1838	-	(rediscovered)	Mascarene Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Copelatus thiriouxi	Peschet, 1917	-	(rediscovered)	Mascarene Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Hydroporus compunctus	Wollaston, 1865	-	?	Canary Islands, North Africa	Missing	Access
Hydroporus spangleri	Gordon, 1981	Spangler's diving beetle, Spangler's hydroporus diving beetle	?	Utah, USA	Missing	Access
Hydroporus utahensis	Gordon, 1981	Utah hydroporus diving beetle	?	Utah, USA	Missing	Access
Hydrotarsus pilosus	Guignot, 1949	-	?	Canary Islands, North Africa	Missing	Access
Hygrotus artus	Fall, 1919	Mono Lake diving beetle	?	California, USA	Missing	Access
Hygrotus sylvanus	(Fall, 1917)	-	1979	USA	Extinct	Access
Ilybius samokovi	Nilsson & Fery, 1993	-	(rediscovered)	Rila Mountains, Bulgaria	Rediscovered	Access
Megadytes ducalis Sharp, 1882	Sharp, 1882	-	late 1800's	Bahia (southern), Brazil	Missing	Access
Rhantus orbignyi	Balke, 1992	-	(rediscovered)	Argentina & Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Rhantus papuanus	Balfour-Browne, 1939	-	1919	Papua New Guinea	Extinct	Access
Rhantus plantaris	Sharp, 1882	-	(rediscovered)	New Zealand	Rediscovered	Access
Siettitia balsetensis	Abeille de Perrin, 1904	Perrin's cave beetle, Perrin's cave coleoptera	1950's (1994?)	France	Extinct	Access
Stictonectes canariensis	Machado, 1987	-	?	Canary Islands, North Africa	Missing	Access
Stygoporus oregonensis	Larson and LaBonte, 1994		-	Oregon, USA	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Elateridae (Click Beetles)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cardiophorus robustus	LeConte, 1853	-	(rediscovered)	USA	Rediscovered	Access
Dilobitarsus pendleburyi	Fleutiaux, 1934	-	(rediscovered)	Malay Peninsula, Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Elmidae (Rifle Beetles)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Heterelmis stephani	Brown, 1972	Stephan's riffle beetle, Stephan's heterelmis riffle beetle	1993	Arizona, USA	Extinct	Access

Family: Erirhinidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Echinocnemus reitteri	Schilsky, 1907	-	1904	Israel	Missing	Access
Echinocnemus sahlbergi	Schilsky, 1911	-	1904	Israel	Missing	Access

Family: Eucnemidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Paleoxenus dohrni	Horn, 1878	Dohrn's elegant beetle, Dohrn's elegant eucnemid beetle	?	San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA	Extinct	Access

Family: Haliplidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Algophilus lathridoides	Zimmermann, 1924	Table Mountain hairy crawling water beetle	?	Simons Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa	Missing	Access
Haliplus nitens	LeConte, 1850	Disjunct crawling water beetle	1913	North America	Extinct	Access

Family: Hydraenidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Hydraena sappho	Janssens, 1965	-	?	Hawaiin Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Limnebius aridus	Perkins, 1980	Animas (limnebius) minute moss beetle	1952	New Mexico, USA	Extinct	Access
Limnebius canariensis	d'Orchymont, 1938	-	?	Canary Islands, North Africa	Missing	Access
Limnebius texanus	Perkins, 1980	Texas (limnebius) minute moss beetle	?	Texas, USA	Extinct	Access
Limnebius utahensis	Perkins, 1980	Utah (limnebius) minute moss beetle	1947	Utah, USA	Extinct	Access
Ochthebius putnamensis	Blatchley, 1910	Indiana (ochthebius) minute moss beetle	pre-1911	Indiana, USA	Extinct	Access
Sebasthetops omaliniformis	Jäch, 1998	-	-	South Africa	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Hydrophilidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Allocotocerus mistus	d'Orchymont, 1939	Table Mountain water scavenger beetle	?	Table Mountain, Western Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Protistolophus spangleri	Short, 2010	-	(rediscovered)	Venezuela (southern)	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Hygrobiidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Hygrobia davidi	Bedel, 1883	Chinese screech beetle, David's water hygrobia	1873 (1883?)	Jiangxi Province, China	Extinct	Access

Family: Leiodidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aglyptinus agathidioides	Blair, 1930	Potters Bar beetle, Round fungus beetle	14 April 1912	Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England	Extinct	Access

Family: Limnichidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Ersachus erichsonianus	Sharp, 1902	-	-	Veracruz, Mexico	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Lucanidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Colophon thunbergi	Barnard, 1932	-	-	Cape Province, South Africa	Rediscovered	Access
Lissotes crenatus	(Westwood, 1855)	-	-	Tasmanian, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Sclerostomulus nitidus	(Benesh, 1955)		-	Cerro Poqui, Chile	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Melolonthidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Bothynus cribrarius	(Fairmaire, 1878)	-	-	Atlantic Forest, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Melyridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Trichochrous kernensis	(Blaisdell, 1926)	-	-	California, USA	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Mordellidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Tomoxia howensis	Lea, 1917	-	?	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access

Family: Nitidulidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Apetasimus atratus	(Scott in Sharp and Scott, 1908)	-	1894 or later	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Apetasimus expers	(Blackburn in Blackburn and Sharp, 1885)	-	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Apetasimus guttatus	(Sharp, 1881)	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Apetasimus kauaiensis	(Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908)	-	1894 or later	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Apetasimus sordidus	(Sharp, 1881)	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Apetasimus subalatus	(Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908)	-	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Meligethes salvan	Audisio, De Biase & Antonini, 2003	-	(rediscovered)	Italy	Rediscovered	Access
Nesopeplus serratus	Scott, 1908	Souring beetle	c. 40 years ago	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access

Family: Scarabaeidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Ahermodontus bischoffi	(Všetečka, 1939)	-	(rediscovered)	Albania	Extinct	Access
Anomala tibialis	Schaeffer, 1906	Padre Island tibial scarab, Tibial scarab	19 May 1976	Padre Island, Texas, USA	Missing	Access
Anomis vulpicolor	(Meyrick, 1928)	Red Anomis noctuid moth, Fox-coloured owlet moth	?	Hawai’i, Moloka’i, and O’ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Coenonycha globosa	McClay, 1943	-	(rediscovered)	Washington, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Copris pristinus	Pierce, 1946	-	Late Pleistocene	Los Angeles, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Eodrepanus coopei	Barbero, Palestrini & Roggero, 2009	-	c.118,000 yBP	England	Extinct	Access
Eophileurus convexus	(Arrow in Andrews, 1900)	-	?	Christmas Island, Australia	Missing	Access
Hoplia walterrossii	Sabatinelli in Baraud, 1992		-	Molise, Italy (southern)	Rediscovered	Access
Onthophagous everestae	Pierce, 1946	-	Late Pleistocene	Los Angeles, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Oryctes chevrolatii	Guérin-Méneville, 1844		?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Oryctes minor	Waterhouse, 1876		?	Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Oryctes tarandus	(Olivier, 1789)		?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Paracryptocanthon borgmeieri	Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976	-	(rediscovered)	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Prodontria sp. nov. 'New Zealand'	-	-	?	New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Scarabaeus cancer	(Arrow, 1919)	-	(rediscovered)	Kuando Kubango Province, Angola	Rediscovered	Access
Stenosternus costatus	Karsch, 1881	-	(rediscovered)	São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Silphidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Nicrophorus hispaniola	Sikes & Peck, 2000	-	(rediscovered)	Dominican Republic, Hispaniola	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aleochara repetita	Sharp, 1887		-	Brazil & Panamá	Rediscovered	Access
Batriasymmodes parki	Barr, 1987	Antloving beetle	?	Neely Farm Cave, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA	Extinct	Access
Batrisodes profundus	Park, 1956	Profound Cave rove beetle	?	Alabama, USA	Missing	Access
'Cafius' gigas	Lea, 1929	-	?	Mount Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
Darwinilus sedarisi	Chatzimanolis, 2018	-	Between 6 September 1832 and 17 October 1832	Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Missing	Access
Mastopsenius australis	Seevers, 1945	-	-	Northern Territory & Queensland, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Oxyporus flohri	Sharp, 1887	-	-	Guatemala & Veracruz, México	Rediscovered	Access
Paraneseuthia holzneri	(Franz)	-	-	Japan	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Tenebrionidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Alphasida nitida	Bedel, 1918	-	-	Morocco	Rediscovered	Access
Asida septemsis	(Pérez Vera, Ruiz & Avila, 2012)	-	-	Morocco	Rediscovered	Access
Coniontis remnans	Pierce, 1954	-	Late Pleistocene	Rancho La Brea Tar Pit, California, USA	Missing	Access
Helenomelas basilewskyi	Ardoin, 1972	-	1960's	St. Helena	Extinct	Access
Hymenophorus candeli	(Pardo-Alcaide, 1978)	-	-	Morocco	Rediscovered	Access
Nesotes azoricus	(Crotch, 1867)	-	1930	São Miguel Island, Azores	Extinct	Access
Penthicoides seriatoporus	Fairmaire, 1896	-	-	Karnataka, India	Rediscovered	Access
Tarphiophasis wollastoni	Ardoin, 1972	-	pre-2003	St. Helena	Missing	Access

Family: Trogidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Trox youngai	Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011	-	?	South Africa	Missing	Access

Family: Trogossitidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Tenebroides atiu	Kolibáč & Porch, 2020	-	c. 1400 yBP	Atiu, Cook Islands	Extinct	Access
Tenebroides mihiura	Kolibáč & Porch, 2020	-	c. 2000-2500 yBP	Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Tenebroides moorea	Kolibáč & Porch, 2020	-	c. 3000-4000 yBP	Mo’orea, Society Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Tenebroides raivavae	Kolibáč & Porch, 2020	-	c. 1000-1500 yBP	Raivavae, Austral Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Tenebroides rimatara	Kolibáč & Porch, 2020	-	c. 3500 yBP	Rimatara, Austral Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Tenebroides tubuai	Kolibáč & Porch, 2020	-	c. 2000-2500 yBP	Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access

Family: Ulodidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Waitomophylax worthyi	Leschen & Rhode, 2002	-	Holocene	New Zealand	Extinct	Access

Family: Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Pycnomerus mahanatoa	Porch et al., 2020		subfossil	Raivavae, French Polynesia	Extinct?	Access
Pycnomerus prebblei	Porch & Smith, 2017	-	subfossil	Rimatara, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pycnomerus rairua	Porch et al., 2020		subfossil	Raivavae, French Polynesia	Extinct?	Access
Pycnomerus raivavae	Porch et al., 2020		subfossil	Raivavae, French Polynesia	Extinct?	Access
Pycnomerus rimatara	Porch & Smith, 2017	-	subfossil	Rimatara, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pycnomerus taralewisae	Porch et al., 2020		subfossil	Raivavae, French Polynesia	Extinct?	Access
Pycnomerus vavitu	Porch et al., 2020		subfossil	Raivavae, French Polynesia	Extinct?	Access

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Coleoptera (Beetles)

Taxonomy

Family: Anthribidae

Family: Bothrideridae

Family: Brachinidae

Family: Buprestidae

Family: Carabidae

Family: Cerambycidae

Family: Chrysomelidae

Family: Cicindelidae

Family: Cleridae

Family: Coccinellidae

Family: Curculionidae

Family: Dytiscidae

Family: Elateridae (Click Beetles)

Family: Elmidae (Rifle Beetles)

Family: Erirhinidae

Family: Eucnemidae

Family: Haliplidae

Family: Hydraenidae

Family: Hydrophilidae

Family: Hygrobiidae

Family: Leiodidae

Family: Limnichidae

Family: Lucanidae

Family: Melolonthidae

Family: Melyridae

Family: Mordellidae

Family: Nitidulidae

Family: Scarabaeidae

Family: Silphidae

Family: Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)

Family: Tenebrionidae

Family: Trogidae

Family: Trogossitidae

Family: Ulodidae

Family: Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)