Coleoptera (Beetles)
Taxonomy
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 | |
Urodontidius enigmaticus | Louw, 1993 | - | - | South Africa | Rediscovered | |
Valenfriesia rotundata | (Wollaston, 1877) | Rotund fungus weevil | March 1967 | St. Helena | Extinct |
Family: Bothrideridae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Ascetoderes strigatus | (Arrow, 1900) | - | pre-1901 | Christmas Island, Australia | Missing |
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 |
| Agrilus toyoshimai | Toyama, 1988 | (rediscovered) | Honshu, Japan | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Castiarina insculpta | Carter, 1934 | Miena jewel beetle | (rediscovered) | 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 | |
Atelothrus transiens | Sharp, 1903 | Transient atelothrus ground beetle | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Bembidion derelictus | Alluaud, 1926 | - | 1888 | Flores, Azores | Extinct | |
Bembidion palosverdes | Kavanaugh & Erwin, 1992 | Palos Verdes intertidal minute carabid beetle | (rediscovered) | Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA | Rediscovered | |
Bembidion sublimbatus | Wollaston,1877 | - | ? | High Central Ridge, St Helena | Extinct | |
Blackburnia agonoides | Sharp, 1903 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia anomala | (Blackburn, 1878) | - | (rediscovered) | Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | |
Blackburnia blaptoides | Blackburn, 1878 | - | pre-1901 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia burneyi | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia cryptipes | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia godzilla | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia haleakala | Liebherr, 2000 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia insignis | Sharp, 1903 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia lenta | Sharp, 1903 | - | (rediscovered) | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | |
Blackburnia menehune | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia metromenoides | Perkins, 1917 | Waianae Mountains ground beetle | ? | Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia micantipennis | Sharp, 1903 | Kauai ground beetle, Waimea ground beetle | 1935 | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia mothra | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia mystica | Blackburn, 1877 | Mystical ground beetle | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia oceanica | Blackburn, 1877 | Koolau Mountains ground beetle, Oceanic ground beetle | ? | Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia octoocellata | (Karsch, 1881) | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia ovata | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia rugosa | Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | late Holocene | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | |
Blackburnia sharpi | Blackburn, 1878 | - | 1902 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia tantalus | Blackburn, 1877 | Oahu ground beetle | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia terebrata | Blackburn, 1881 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Blackburnia transiens | Sharp, 1903 | Transient ground beetle | ? | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | |
Bradycellus chavesi | Alluaud, 1919 | - | 1918 | São Miguel Island, Azores | Extinct | |
Bryanites graeffii | Liebherr, 2017 | - | pre-1871 | Samoa | Extinct | |
Calathus extensicollis | Putzeys, 1863 (1873?) | - | 1930 | Pico, Azores | Extinct | |
Calathus vicenteorum | Schatzmayr, 1937 | - | 1985 | São Miguel Island, Azores | Extinct | |
Cicindelidia floridana | Cartwright, 1939 | Miami scabrous tiger beetle, Floridan tiger beetle, Miami tiger beetle | (rediscovered) | Miami, Florida, USA | Rediscovered | |
Cicindela chlorocephala smythi | Harris, 1913 | Smyth's tiger beetle, Smyth’s lime-headed tiger beetle | June 1912 | Padre Island, Texas, USA | Extinct | |
Cicindela hirticollis abrupta | Casey, 1913 | Sacramento Valley hairy-necked beetle | c.1984 | Sacramento Valley, California, USA | Extinct | |
Cicindela latesignata obliviosa | Casey, 1913 | Oblivious tiger beetle, Western beach tiger beetle | c.1980? | California, USA | Missing or invalid (synonym) | |
Cicindela tranquebarica ssp. nov. 'San Joaquin' | - | San Joaquin tiger beetle | ? | California, USA | Missing | |
Clivina morio | Dejean, 1831 | - | (rediscovered) | USA | Rediscovered | |
Cylindera uudata | (Horn, 1915) | - | (rediscovered) | Durango, Mexico | Rediscovered | |
Cymindis alutacea | Wollaston, 1867 | - | (rediscovered) | São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands | Rediscovered | |
Harpalus prosperus | Basilewsky, 1972 | - | 1960's | St. Helena | Missing | |
Holcaspis brevicula | Butcher, 1984 | Eyrewell ground beetle | 2005 | Eyrewell Forest, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand | Missing | |
Horologion speokites | Valentine, 1932 | Arbuckle Cave ground beetle | ? | West Virginia, USA | Missing | |
Ishikawatrechus intermedius | Ueno, 1957 | Kadota Chibi blind ground beetle | (rediscovered) | Kôchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan | Rediscovered | |
Lacordairia fugax | (Olliff, 1889) | - | ? | Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia | Missing | |
Laemostenus libanensis | (Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1876) | - | (rediscovered) | Lebanon | Rediscovered | |
Leistus punctatissimus | Breit, 1914 | - | (rediscovered) | Italy | Rediscovered | |
Mecodema costellum sp. nov. 'South Canterbury' | - | South Canterbury weevil | ? | South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | Missing | |
Mecodema costellum ssp. nov. 'spelles' | - | Paturau Caves mecodema weevil | Before 1840? | Paturau Caves, Nelson (northwest), South Island, New Zealand | Extinct | |
Mecodema punctellum | Broun, 1921 | Stephens Island weevil | 1931 | Stephens Island, New Zealand | Extinct | |
Mecodema sp. nov. 'South Canterbury' | - | South Canterbury weevil | ? | South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | Missing | |
Mecyclothorax nubicola | Blackburn (year?) | - | (rediscovered) | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | |
Mecyclothorax rusticus | Sharp (year?) | - | (rediscovered) | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | |
Megadromus sp. nov. 'South Island' | - | - | subfossil | South Island, New Zealand | Missing | |
Metromenus cuneipennis | Blackburn, 1877 | Wedge-winged metromenus ground beetle | - | O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | |
Nurus atlas | (Laporte, 1867) | - | - | Australia | Rediscovered | |
Nurus brevis | Motschulsky, 1865 | - | - | Australia | Rediscovered | |
Platynus dissipatus | Scudder, 1890 | - | Late Pleistocene | Canada | Extinct | |
Pseudanophthalmus fowlerae | Barr, 1980 | Fowler's cave beetle | - | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | |
Pseudanophthalmus insularis | Barr, 1959 | Bakers Station cave beetle | - | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | |
Pseudanophthalmus krameri | Krekeler, 1973 | Kramer's cave beetle | ? | Cave Hill Cave, Ohio, USA | Extinct | |
Pseudanophthalmus krekeleri | Barr, 1965 | Rich Mountain cave beetle | 1985 | West Virginia, USA | Extinct | |
Pseudanophthalmus parvus | Krekeler, 1973 | Tatum Cave beetle | 1965 | Marion County, Kentucky, USA | Missing | |
Pseudanophthalmus paulus | Barr, 1981 | Noblett's cave beetle | - | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | |
Pseudanophthalmus tiresias | Barr, 1959 | Soothsayer cave beetle | - | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | |
Pseudanophthalmus tullahoma | Barr, 1959 | Duck River Cave ground beetle | ? | Tennessee, USA | Missing | |
| Pseudomyas doramasensis | Uyttenboogaart, 1929 | 1927 | Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | Missing | Access | |
Pterostichus destitutus | Scudder, 1890 | - | Late Pleistocene | Canada | Extinct | |
Rakantrechus elegans | Uéno, 1960 | Kozono blind chibi beetle | 1955? | Kozono, Tsukumi city, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan | Missing | |
Rhadine ozarkensis | Sanderson & Miller, 1941 | Ozark Cave ground beetle | (rediscovered) | Fincher('s) Cave, Washington County, Arkansas, USA | Rediscovered | |
Trechus balsamensis | Barr, 1962 | Plott Balsam Mountains ground beetle | ? | North Carolina, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus carolinae | Schaeffer, 1901 | Black Mountains ground beetle | ? | North Carolina, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus luculentus luculentus | Barr, 1962 | Bright ground beetle | ? | North Carolina & Tennessee, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus luculentus unicoi | Barr, 1979 | Unicoi Mountains ground beetle | ? | North Carolina & Tennessee, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus mitchellensis | Barr, 1962 | Mitchell's ground beetle | ? | North Carolina, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus novaculosus | Barr, 1962 | Great Smoky Mountains ground beetle | ? | North Carolina & Tennessee, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus roanicus | Barr, 1962 | Roan Mountain ground beetle | ? | North Carolina & Tennessee, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus rosenbergi | Barr, 1962 | Rosenberg's ground beetle | ? | North Carolina, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus satanicus | Barr, 1962 | Satanic ground beetle | ? | North Carolina, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus subtilis | Barr, 1962 | Fine ground beetle | ? | North Carolina, USA | Extinct | |
Trechus torretassoi | Jeannel, 1937 | - | 1985 | São Miguel Island, Azores | Extinct |
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 |
| Paradeucalion desertarum | (Wollaston, 1854) | ? | Ihlas Desertas, Madeira, Macaronesia | Missing | 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 |
| Pometon bolivianus | Huber, 1999 | (rediscovered) | Bolivia | 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: Lampyridae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Photuris bethaniensis | McDermott, 1953 | Bethany Beach firefly | (rediscovered) | Sussex County, Delaware, USA | Rediscovered | 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: Meloidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Tetraolytta gerardi | (Pic) | (rediscovered) | Brazil | 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: Rutelidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Balanogonia constricta | Paucar-Cabrera | (rediscovered) | Mexico | Rediscovered | 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 | |
| Onthophagus everestae | Pierce, 1946 | - | Late Pleistocene | Los Angeles, California, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Onthophagus pilauco | Tello et al., 2021 | ~15.2 k cal yr BP | Chile | 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 |
| Phanaeus violetae | Zunino, 2013 | Late Pleistocene | Ecuador | Extinct | 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 |
| Antilissus makauwahi | Porch, 2020 | subfossil | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct? | Access | |
| 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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Appendix 1: Beetles with unknown type locality
Barr, Cheryl B. and Shepard, William D. (2020). Hiding in plain sight: rediscovery and review of Parygrus Erichson, 1847, with description of five new species from the Neotropics (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Dryopidae). Zootaxa 4755(1): 99-128. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4755.1.4 [Parygrus erichsoni from Colombia]