Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and Water beetles) [10 families; >45,000 species]
Family: Amphizoidae (Trout-stream beetles) [1 genus (Amphizoa); 5 species]
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Aspidytidae (Cliff water beetles) [2 genera (Aspidytes, Sinaspidytes); 2 species]
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Carabidae (Ground beetles) [22 subfamilies; >40,000 species]
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Bembidion derelictus Alluaud, 1926 | - | Flores, Azores, Macaronesia | Extinct (1888) | Access |
| Bembidion dicksoniae (Wollaston, 1877) | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1875-1876) | Access |
| Bembidion fossor (Wollaston, 1877) | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1875-1876) | Access |
| Bembidion gemmulipenne Wollaston, 1877 | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1967) | Access |
| Bembidion grayanum Wollaston, 1877 | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1967) | Access |
| Bembidion hesperidum Wollaston, 1867 | - | Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia | Extinct (>1867) | Access |
| Bembidion megalops (Wollaston, 1877) | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1884-1886) | Access |
| Bembidion nubigena Wollaston, 1877 | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1967) | Access |
| Bembidion palosverdes Kavanaugh & Erwin, 1992 | Palos Verdes intertidal minute carabid beetle | Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Bembidion platyderoides (Wollaston, 1877) | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1967) | Access |
| Bembidion rufosuffusum Wollaston, 1877 | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1967) | Access |
| Bembidion sublimbatum (Wollaston,1877) | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1884-1886) | Access |
| Bembidion trechoides (Wollaston, 1877) | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing (1875-1876) | Access |
| Blackburnia agonoides Sharp, 1903 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing (1896) | Access |
| Blackburnia anomala (Blackburn, 1878) | - | Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Blackburnia blaptoides Blackburn, 1878 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (<1901) | Access |
| Blackburnia burneyi Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (Late Holocene) | Access |
| Blackburnia cryptipes Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (Late Holocene) | Access |
| Blackburnia debilis (Perkins, 1917) | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Blackburnia godzilla Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (Late Holocene) | Access |
| Blackburnia haleakala Liebherr, 2000 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (1896) | Access |
| Blackburnia insignis Sharp, 1878 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | Access |
| Blackburnia lenta Sharp, 1903 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Blackburnia menehune Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (Late Holocene) | 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 | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (1935) | Access |
| Blackburnia mothra Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (Late Holocene) | 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 (1902) | Access |
| Blackburnia ovata Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Blackburnia rugosa Liebherr & Porch, 2015 | - | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct (Late Holocene) | Access |
| Blackburnia sharpi (Blackburn, 1878) | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing (1902) | Access |
| Blackburnia tantalus (Blackburn, 1877) | Oahu ground beetle | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | Access |
| Blackburnia terebrata Blackburn, 1881 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing (1896) | Access |
| Blackburnia transiens (Sharp, 1903) | Transient ground beetle | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Missing | Access |
| Bradycellus chavesi Alluaud, 1919 | - | São Miguel Island, Azores, Macaronesia | Extinct (1918) | Access |
| Bryanites graeffii Liebherr, 2017 | - | Samoa | Extinct (<1871) | Access |
| Calathus extensicollis Putzeys, 1873 | - | Pico, Azores, Macaronesia | Extinct (1930) | Access |
| Calathus vicenteorum Schatzmayr, 1937 | - | São Miguel Island, Azores, Macaronesia | Extinct (1985) | Access |
| Calosoma burchellii (Waterhouse, 1842) | Giant ground beetle, Burchell's Giant ground beetle | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Extinct (1967) | Access |
| Clivina morio Dejean, 1831 | - | USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Cylindera uudata (Horn, 1915) | - | Durango, Mexico | Rediscovered | Access |
| Cymindis alutacea Wollaston, 1867 | - | São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Cymindis anchomenoides (Wollaston, 1867) | - | São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia | Extinct (>1867) | Access |
| Elaphrus viridis Horn, 1878 | - | Solano County, California, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Harpalus prosperus Basilewsky, 1972 | - | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Rediscovered | Access |
| Holcaspis brevicula Butcher, 1984 | Eyrewell ground beetle | Eyrewell Forest, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand | Missing (2005) | Access |
| Horologion speokoites Valentine, 1932 | Arbuckle Cave ground beetle | West Virginia, USA | Missing | Access |
| Ishikawatrechus intermedius Ueno, 1957 | Kadota Chibi blind ground beetle | 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) | - | Lebanon | Rediscovered | Access |
| Leistus punctatissimus Breit, 1914 | - | Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
| Mecodema costellum ssp. nov. 'South Canterbury' | South Canterbury weevil | South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | Missing | Access |
| Mecodema costellum ssp. nov. 'spelles' | Paturau Caves mecodema weevil | Paturau Caves, South Island, New Zealand | Extinct (>1840?) | Access |
| Mecodema punctellum Broun, 1921 | Stephens Island weevil | Stephens Island, New Zealand | Extinct (1931) | Access |
| Mecodema sp. nov. 'South Canterbury' | South Canterbury weevil | South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | Missing | Access |
| Mecyclothorax nubicola (Blackburn, 1878) | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Mecyclothorax rusticus Sharp, 1903 | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Megadromus sp. nov. 'South Island' | - | 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 |
| Pentagonica hexagona (Wollaston, 1867) | - | Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia | Extinct (>1867) | Access |
| Philorhizus attenuatus (Wollaston, 1867) | - | São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia | Extinct (>1867) | Access |
| Platynus dissipatus Scudder, 1890 | - | Canada | Extinct (Late Pleistocene) | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus fowlerae Barr, 1980 | Fowler's cave beetle | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus insularis Barr, 1959 | Bakers Station cave beetle | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus krameri Krekeler, 1973 | Kramer's cave beetle | Cave Hill Cave, Ohio, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus krekeleri Barr, 1965 | Rich Mountain cave beetle | West Virginia, USA | Extinct (1985) | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus parvus Krekeler, 1973 | Tatum Cave beetle | Marion County, Kentucky, USA | Missing (1965) | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus paulus Barr, 1981 | Noblett's cave beetle | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus tiresias Barr, 1959 | Soothsayer cave beetle | Tennessee, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Pseudanophthalmus tullahoma Barr, 1959 | Duck River Cave ground beetle | Tennessee, USA | Missing | Access |
| Pseudomyas doramasensis Uyttenboogaart, 1929 | - | Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Macaronesia | Missing (1927) | Access |
| Pterostichus destitutus Scudder, 1890 | - | Canada | Extinct (Late Pleistocene) | Access |
| Rakantrechus elegans Uéno, 1960 | Kozono blind chibi beetle | Kozono, Tsukumi city, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan | Missing (1955?) | Access |
| Rhadine ozarkensis Sanderson & Miller, 1941 | Ozark Cave ground beetle | Fincher('s) Cave, 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 | - | São Miguel Island, Azores, Macaronesia | Extinct (1985) | Access |
Family: Dytiscidae (Predaceous diving beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Acilius sinensis |
Peschet, 1915 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Yunnan Province, China |
Extinct |
|
|
Carabdytes plantaris |
(Sharp, 1882) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
New Zealand |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Coelhydrus brevicollis |
Sharp, 1882 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
South Africa |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Colymbetes minimus |
Zaitzev, 1908 |
(rediscovered) |
China & Tibet |
Rediscovered |
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|
Copelatus duodecimstriatus |
Aubé, 1838 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Mascarene Islands |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Copelatus thiriouxi |
Peschet, 1917 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Mascarene Islands |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Hydroporus compunctus |
Wollaston, 1865 |
- |
? |
Canary Islands, North Africa |
Missing |
|
|
Hydroporus spangleri |
Gordon, 1981 |
Spangler's diving beetle, Spangler's hydroporus diving beetle |
? |
Utah, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Hydroporus utahensis |
Gordon, 1981 |
Utah hydroporus diving beetle |
? |
Utah, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Hydrotarsus pilosus |
Guignot, 1949 |
- |
? |
Canary Islands, North Africa |
Missing |
|
|
Hygrotus artus |
Fall, 1919 |
Mono Lake diving beetle |
(rediscovered) |
Inyo County & Mono County, California, USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Hygrotus sylvanus |
(Fall, 1917) |
- |
1979 |
USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Ilybius samokovi |
Nilsson & Fery, 1993 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Rila Mountains, Bulgaria |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Megadytes ducalis |
Sharp, 1882 |
- |
late 1800's |
Bahia (southern), Brazil |
Missing |
|
|
Meridiorhantus orbignyi |
(Balke, 1992) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Argentina & Brazil |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Paroster monteithi |
(Brancucci, 1985) |
(rediscovered) |
New Caledonia |
Rediscovered |
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Rhantus papuanus |
Balfour-Browne, 1939 |
- |
1919 |
Papua New Guinea |
Extinct |
|
|
Siettitia balsetensis |
Abeille de Perrin, 1904 |
Perrin's cave beetle, Perrin's cave coleoptera |
1950's (1994?) |
France |
Extinct |
|
|
Stictonectes canariensis |
Machado, 1987 |
- |
? |
Canary Islands, North Africa |
Missing |
|
|
Stygoporus oregonensis |
Larson and LaBonte, 1994 |
(rediscovered) |
Oregon, USA |
Rediscovered |
Family: Gyrinidae (Whirligig beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Metagyrinus sinensis |
(Ochs, 1924) |
(rediscovered) |
China |
Rediscovered |
Family: Haliplidae (Crawling water beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Algophilus lathridioides |
Zimmermann, 1924 |
Table Mountain hairy crawling water beetle |
(rediscovered) |
Simons Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Haliplus nitens |
LeConte, 1850 |
Disjunct crawling water beetle |
1932 |
North America |
Extinct |
Family: Hygrobiidae (Screech beetles or Squeak beetles) [1 genus; 6 species]
|
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 |
Family: Meruidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Noteridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rhysodidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trachypachidae
—No subordinate taxa
Suborder: Archostemata (Reticulated and Telephone-pole beetles) [5 familes; c.50 species]
Family: Crowsoniellidae [1 species: Crowsoniella relicta; unseen since 1973 despite searches at type locality]
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cupedidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Jurodidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Micromalthidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ommatidae
—No subordinate taxa
Suborder: Myxophaga [4 families; c.65 species]
Family: Hydroscaphidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lepiceridae (=Cyathoceridae) [1 genus (Lepicerus); 3 species]
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Microsporidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Torridincolidae
—No subordinate taxa
Suborder: Polyphaga [16 superfamilies; 144 families; >350,000 species]
Family: Acanthocnemidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Aderidae (Ant-like leaf beetles)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Cobososia reducta | (Wollaston, 1867) | - | after 1867 | Santiago, Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
Family: Aglycyderidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Agyrtidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Alexiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Allocorynidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Anobiidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Paraxyletinus lineatus | (Wollaston, 1867) | - | after 1867 | São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
|
Piarus lowei |
Wollaston, 1867 | - | after 1867 | Fogo, Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
|
Sphaericus tuberculicollis |
Wollaston, 1867 | - | after 1867 | Santiago, Cape Verde Islands | Extinct | Access |
Family: Anoplodermatidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Anthicidae (Ant-like flower beetles)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Anthicodes maculatus | Wollaston, 1877 | Spotted ant-like beetle | 1876 | St. Helena | Missing | Access |
Family: Anthribidae (Fungus weevils)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Homoeodera asteris |
Wollaston, 1877 |
Flagstaff fungus weevil, Scrubwood fungus beetle |
1876 |
St. Helena |
Missing or invalid |
|
|
Homoeodera nodulipennis |
Wollaston, 1877 |
Gnarled broad-headed weevil |
pre-1878 |
St. Helena |
Extinct |
|
|
Urodontidius enigmaticus |
Louw, 1993 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
South Africa |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Valenfriesia congener |
(Wollaston, 1877) |
Blackened fungus weevil, Congeneric fungus beetle |
March 1967 |
St. Helena |
Missing |
|
|
Valenfriesia rotundata |
(Wollaston, 1877) |
Rotund fungus weevil, Rotund fungus beetle |
March 1967 |
St. Helena |
Missing |
Family: Archeocrypticidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Artematopidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Attelabidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Belidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Biphyllidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Boganiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Boridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Bostrichidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Bothrideridae (Dry bark beetles or Cocoon-forming beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Ascetoderes strigatus |
(Arrow in Waterhouse et al., 1900) |
- |
1897-1898 |
Christmas Island, Australia |
Missing |
Family: Brachinidae (Bombardier beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Brachinus solidipalpis |
Tian & Deuve, 2007 |
- |
1843 |
Manila, Philippines |
Missing |
Family: Brachypsectridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Brentidae (Straight-snouted weevils)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Apion hakani |
Ferragu, 1957 |
- |
after 1957 |
Fogo & Santiago, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Apion quadrispinosum |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Fogo, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
Family: Buprestidae (Jewel beetles or Metallic wood-boring beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Agrilus toyoshimai |
Toyama, 1988 |
(rediscovered) |
Honshu, Japan |
Invalid (synonym) |
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Castiarina insculpta |
Carter, 1934 |
Miena jewel beetle |
(rediscovered) |
Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Hiperantha fontanieri |
Théry, 1928 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Colombia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Melobasis empyria |
Olliff, 1889 |
Fiery jewel beetle |
? |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
Family: Byrrhidae (Pill beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Limnichus fragilicornis |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
Family: Byturidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Callirhipidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cantharidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cavognathidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cephaloidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cerambycidae (Longhorn beetles)
|
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 |
|
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Diseoblax wrightii |
(Waterhouse, 1880) |
Gros moutouc du filao |
1950's? |
Seychelles |
Extinct |
|
|
Elasmotena insulana |
(Olliff, 1890) |
- |
? |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Macrospina caboverdiana |
Mateu, 1956 |
- |
after 1956 |
Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
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Oricopis insulana |
(Olliff, 1890) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Paradeucalion desertarum |
(Wollaston, 1854) |
? |
Ihlas Desertas, Madeira, Macaronesia |
Missing |
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Romulus globosus |
Knull, 1948 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Florida, USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Somatidia pulchella |
Olliff, 1889 |
- |
? |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Xylotoles costatus |
Pascoe, 1875 |
Pitt Island longhorn beetle |
(rediscovered) |
Chatham Islands, New Zealand |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Xylotoles wollastoni |
(White, 1856) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Rediscovered |
Family: Ceratocanthidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cerophytidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cerylonidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Chaetosomatidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Chalcodryidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Chelonariidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Argosomus epilachnoides |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Brava, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Argosomus obscuripennis |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Chrysolina fragariae |
(Wollaston, 1854) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Madeira |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Crioceris luridotestacea |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Lema democratica |
Clavareau, 1909 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands |
Invalid (synonym) |
|
|
Longitarsus janulus |
Wollaston, 1877 | She cabbage flea beetle | 1967 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Longitarsus helenae |
Wollaston, 1862 | Lobelia flea beetle | 1967 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Longitarsus laxicornis |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Nicolau (& Sal?), Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Phyllotreta dohrniana |
(Wollaston, 1867) |
- |
after 1867 |
Santo Antão & São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Sphenoraia chujoi |
Lee, 2014 |
Sôzan beetle |
1936 |
Sôzan, Taiwan |
Extinct |
Family: Cicindelidae (Tiger beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Apteroessa grossa |
(Fabricius, 1781) | Enigmatic tiger beetle | 1781 | Tamil Nadu, India | Missing | Access |
|
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 joaquinensis |
Knisley & Haines, 2007 |
San Joaquin tiger beetle |
(rediscovered) |
California, USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Jansenia laeticolor |
(W. Horn, 1904) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Sri Lanka |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Neocollyris coapteroides |
(W. Horn, 1935) |
Rufous brush tiger beetle |
1934 |
Margherita, northeast India |
Missing |
|
|
Neocollyris schaumi |
(W. Horn, 1892) | Husky brush tiger beetle | 1892 | Andaman Islands, India | Missing | Access |
|
Pometon bolivianus |
Huber, 1999 |
Bolivian tiger beetle, Bolivian ornate tiger beetle |
(rediscovered) |
Bolivia |
Rediscovered |
Family: Ciidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Clambidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cleridae (Checkered beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Apteroclerus fusiformis |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Cormodes darwinii |
Pascoe, 1860 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Opetiopalpus bicoloriventris |
Pic, 1936 |
- |
after 1936 |
Fogo, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
Family: Cneoglossidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Coccinellidae (Lady beetles or Ladybird beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Henosepilachna nativitatis |
(Arrow in Waterhouse et al., 1900) |
- |
pre-1900 |
Christmas Island, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Micraspis flavovittata |
Crotch, 1874 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Victoria, Australia |
Rediscovered |
Family: Colydiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Corylophidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cryptophagidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Cucujidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Curculionidae (True weevils or Snout beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Acanthinomerus monilicornis |
(Wollaston, 1869) |
(rediscovered) |
St. Helena |
Rediscovered |
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|
Anagotus sp. nov. 'Fred Cave' |
- |
Fred Cave anagotus weevil |
? |
Waitomo, North Island, New Zealand |
Extinct |
|
|
Anchonocranus oleae |
Marshall, 1912 |
(rediscovered) |
South Africa |
Rediscovered |
||
|
Aphanommata euphorbiarum |
(Wollaston, 1867) |
- |
after 1867 |
Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Bagous lyali |
Caldara & O'Brien, 1998 |
- |
5 July 1934 |
Hula Valley, Israel |
Missing |
|
|
Chalcotrogus oblongior |
Wollaston, 1877 | - | 1875-1876 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Coptoscapus lindbergi |
Roudier, 1957 |
- |
after 1957 |
Brava & Santiago, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Cossonus variipennis |
Gahan, 1900 |
- |
? |
Christmas Island, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Cryptommata cucullata |
Wollaston, 1877 |
- |
? |
St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean |
Missing |
|
|
|
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|
Curculio caryatrypes |
(Boheman, 1843) |
Larger chesnut weevil |
1956 |
Canada & USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Dinas angusticeps |
Roudier, 1957 |
- |
after 1957 |
São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Dinas obsita |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Dinas rugicollis |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Dinas viridisquamea |
Roudier, 1957 |
- |
after 1957 |
Brava, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Dryophthorus distinguendus |
Perkins, 1900 |
- |
1961 |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Dryotribus mimeticus |
Horn, 1873 |
- |
1953 |
French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island, Laysan and Wake Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Dryotribus wilderi |
Perkins, 1916 |
- |
June 1962 |
Hawaiian Islands, USA (French Frigate Shoals, Kure, Laysan & Pearl and Hermes) |
Missing |
|
|
Eucoptoderus affinis |
Wollaston, 1877 | - | 1967 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Hadramphus tuberculatus |
Pascoe, 1877 |
Canterbury knobbed weevil, Spaniard weevil, Banks Peninsula speargrass weevil |
(rediscovered) |
Canterbury Plains, South Island, New Zealand |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Hadramphus sp. nov. 'Westland caves' |
- |
- |
subfossil |
Westland Caves area, South Island, New Zealand |
Missing |
|
|
Howeotranes insularis |
(Pascoe, 1874) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Hybomorphus melanosomus |
Saunders & Jekel, 1855 |
Lord Howe Island ground weevil |
June 1869 or before? |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Hypera libanotidis |
Reitter, 1896 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Hungary & Moldavia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Isotornus aterrimus |
Wollaston, 1877 |
? |
St. Helena |
Missing |
||
|
Leptopius etheridgei |
(Olliff, 1889) |
- |
1910's |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Macrancylus linearis |
LeConte, 1876 |
- |
- |
Carribean, Central America & North America |
Erroneously listed as Extinct |
|
|
Megacolabus sculpturatus |
Broun, 1893 |
Akaroa weevil |
pre-1894 |
Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand |
Missing |
|
|
Microxylobius granulosus |
Wollaston, 1877 | - | 1967 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Nanophyes longipes |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Santiago, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Neocnemis occidentalis |
Crotch, 1867 |
- |
1865 |
Santa Maria, Azores |
Extinct |
|
|
Nesiobius barbatus |
Wollaston, 1877 |
- |
1880 |
St. Helena |
Extinct |
|
|
Nesiobius breviusculus |
Wollaston, 1877 |
- |
? |
St. Helena |
Extinct |
|
|
Nesiobius fimbriatus |
Wollaston, 1887 |
Fringed nesiobius weevil |
? |
St. Helena |
Extinct |
|
|
Nesotocus kauaiensis |
Perkins, 1900 |
Kauai nesotocus weevil |
? |
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Ogasawarazo daitoensis |
Voss, 1971 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Japan |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Oodemas laysanensis |
Fullaway, 1914 |
Laysan weevil |
1964 or June 1990 |
Laysan, Midway, Nihoa and Necker Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Orthorhinus lateralis |
Pascoe, 1882 |
- |
? |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Pentarthrum blackburni |
Sharp, 1878 |
Blackburn's weevil |
1961 |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Pentatemnus affinis |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Prothrombosternus tarsalis |
Voss, 1965 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Rubeho Mountains, Tanzania |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Pseudapocyrtus schadenbergi |
Heller, 1912 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
northern Luzon, Philippines |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Pseudostenoscelis sculpturata |
Wollaston, 1877 | - | 1967 | St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean | Missing | Access |
|
Rhyncogonus bryani |
Perkins, 1919 |
Bryan's weevil |
1911 |
Laysan Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Rhyncogonus extraneus |
Perkins, 1910 |
- |
16 January 1941 |
O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Rhyncogonus "tarakoi" |
- |
Tarakoi weevil |
1985 (1987?) |
Tarakoi islet, Austral Islands |
Missing |
|
|
Tapiromimus gibbirostris |
Wollaston, 1877 |
- |
1967 |
St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean |
Missing |
|
|
Thotmus halli |
Broun, 1910 |
Hall's weevil, Pitt Island weevil |
1906-1908 |
Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand |
Extinct |
|
|
Torishimazo minamiiwoensis |
Morimoto, 2015 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Minami Iwo-jima, Japan |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Trigonoscuta rossi |
Pierce, 1975 |
Fort Ross weevil |
1975 |
Fort Ross, California, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Trigonoscuta yorbalindae |
Pierce, 1975 |
Yorba Linda weevil |
1975 |
Yorba Linda area, California, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Tychanopais sp. nov. 'Fred Cave' |
- |
Fred Cave tychanopais weevil |
? |
Waitomo, North Island, New Zealand |
Extinct |
|
|
Tychiorhinus porrectus |
Wollaston, 1877 |
? |
St. Helena |
Missing |
||
|
Tymbopiptus valeas |
Kuschel, 1987 |
- |
1680 +/- 50 years BP |
New Zealand |
Extinct |
|
|
Xestophasis nasalis |
Wollaston, 1877 |
? |
St. Helena |
Missing |
||
|
Xestophasis xerophilus |
Decelle & Voss 1972 |
- |
pre-2003 |
St. Helena |
Missing |
|
|
Xyleborus pele |
Samuelson, 1981 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Xyleborus pleiades |
Samuleson, 1981 |
(rediscovered) |
Maui & Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Rediscovered |
Family: Dascillidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dasyceridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dermestidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Derodontidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Diphyllostomatidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Discolomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Disteniidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Drilidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Dryopidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Elateridae (Click Beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Cardiophorus robustus |
LeConte, 1853 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Dilobitarsus pendleburyi |
Fleutiaux, 1934 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Malay Peninsula, Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia |
Rediscovered |
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 |
Family: Endecatomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Endomychidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Erirhinidae (Wetland weevils)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Echinocnemus reitteri |
Schilsky, 1907 |
- |
1904 |
Israel |
Missing |
|
|
Echinocnemus sahlbergi |
Schilsky, 1911 |
- |
1904 |
Israel |
Missing |
Family: Erotylidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Eucinetidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Eucnemidae (False click beetles)
|
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 |
Family: Eulichadidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Geotrupidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Glaphyridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Glaresidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Helotidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Heteroceridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Histeridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hobartiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Homalisidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hybosoridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Hydraenidae (Minute moss beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Hydraena sappho |
Janssens, 1965 |
- |
pre-1966 |
Lefkada, Greece |
Missing |
|
|
Limnebius aridus |
Perkins, 1980 |
Animas (limnebius) minute moss beetle |
1952 |
New Mexico, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Limnebius asperatus |
Knisch, 1922 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
northeastern Apennines, Italy |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Limnebius canariensis |
d'Orchymont, 1938 |
- |
6 June 1989 |
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, North Africa |
Missing |
|
|
Limnebius texanus |
Perkins, 1980 |
Texas (limnebius) minute moss beetle |
? |
Texas, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Limnebius utahensis |
Perkins, 1980 |
Utah (limnebius) minute moss beetle |
1947 |
Utah, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Ochthebius balfourbrownei |
Jäch, 1989 |
- |
after 1989 |
Sal, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Ochthebius hesperides |
Balfour-Browne, 1976 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Sal, Cape Verde Islands |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Ochthebius putnamensis |
Blatchley, 1910 |
Indiana (ochthebius) minute moss beetle |
pre-1911 |
Indiana, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Sebasthetops omaliniformis |
Jäch, 1998 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
South Africa |
Rediscovered |
Family: Hydrophilidae (Water scavenger beetles)
|
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 |
|
|
Cercyon putricola |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Santiago (& São Nicolau?), Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Enochrus wollastoni |
(Sharp, 1870) |
- |
after 1870 |
Cape Verde Islands (Brava, Sal, Santiago, Santo Antão, São Vicente) |
Extinct |
|
|
Helochares dilutus |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Cape Verde Islands (Brava, Santiago, Santo Antão & São Vicente) |
Extinct |
|
|
Laccobius minor |
(Wollaston, 1867) |
- |
after 1867 |
Santiago, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Protistolophus spangleri |
Short, 2010 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Venezuela (southern) |
Rediscovered |
Family: Ithyceridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Jacobsoniidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Laemophloeidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lamingtoniidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lampyridae (Fireflies or Lightning bugs)
|
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 |
Family: Languriidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Latridiidae (Fungus beetles or Minute brown scavenger beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Corticaria obliterata |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
Family: Leiodidae (Round fungus beetles)
|
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 |
Family: Limnichidae (Minute marsh-loving beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Ersachus erichsonianus |
Sharp, 1902 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Veracruz, Mexico |
Rediscovered |
Family: Lucanidae (Stag beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Colophon thunbergi |
Westwood, 1855 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Cape Province, South Africa |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Lissotes crenatus |
(Westwood, 1855) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Tasmania, Australia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Sclerostomulus nitidus |
(Benesh, 1955) |
(rediscovered) |
Cerro Poqui, Chile |
Rediscovered |
Family: Lutrochidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lycidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Lymexylidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Melandryidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Meloidae (Blister beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Tetraolytta gerardi |
(Pic, 1919) |
(rediscovered) |
Brazil |
Rediscovered |
Family: Melolonthidae (May beetles or June beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Apicencya calva |
(Waterhouse, 1882) |
108+ years ago |
Madagascar |
Missing |
||
|
Bothynus cribrarius |
(Fairmaire, 1878) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Atlantic Forest, Brazil |
Rediscovered |
Family: Melyridae (Soft-winged flower beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Colotes milleri |
(Wollaston, 1867) |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Trichochrous kernensis |
(Blaisdell, 1926) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
California, USA |
Rediscovered |
Family: Micropeplidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Monommidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Mordellidae (Tumbling flower beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Tomoxia howensis |
Lea, 1917 |
- |
1880's |
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
Family: Mycetophagidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Mycteridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Nemonychidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Nitidulidae (Sap beetles)
|
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 |
|
|
Apetasimus expers |
(Blackburn in Blackburn and Sharp, 1885) |
- |
? |
Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Apetasimus guttatus |
(Sharp, 1881) |
- |
? |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Apetasimus kauaiensis |
(Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908) |
- |
1894 or later |
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Apetasimus sordidus |
(Sharp, 1881) |
- |
? |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Apetasimus subalatus |
(Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908) |
- |
? |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Meligethes salvan |
Audisio, De Biase & Antonini, 2003 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Italy |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Nesopeplus serratus |
Scott, 1908 |
Souring beetle |
c. 40 years ago |
Hawaiian Islands, USA |
Missing |
Family: Nosodendridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ochodaeidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Oedemeridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Omethidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Oxycorynidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Oxypeltidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Passalidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pedilidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Perimylopidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phalacridae (Shining flower beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Olibrus gemma |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Santo Antão & São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Olibrus notatus |
Wollaston, 1867 |
- |
after 1867 |
Santiago, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
Family: Phengodidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phloeostichidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phloiophilidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Phycosecidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Plastoceridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pleocomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Propalticidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Prostomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Protocucujidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pselaphidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Psephenidae (Water-penny beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Mataeopsephus nitidipennis |
Waterhouse, 1876 |
(rediscovered) |
China |
Rediscovered |
Family: Pterogeniidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ptiliidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Ptilodactylidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pyrochroidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Pythidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rhinorhipidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rhipiceridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rhipiphoridae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rhizophagidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Rutelidae (Shining leaf chafers)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Balanogonia constricta |
Paucar-Cabrera |
(rediscovered) |
Mexico |
Rediscovered |
Family: Salpingidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Ahermodontus bischoffi |
(Všetečka, 1939) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Albania |
Extinct |
|
|
Anomala schaefferi |
Seidel, 2021 |
Padre Island tibial scarab, Tibial scarab |
19 May 1976 |
Padre Island, Texas, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Anomala tibialis |
Schaeffer, 1906 |
Padre Island tibial scarab, Tibial scarab |
19 May 1976 |
Padre Island, Texas, USA |
Invalid (junior homonym) |
|
|
Apogonia insulana |
Karsch, 1882 |
(rediscovered) |
Príncipe |
Rediscovered |
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Coenonycha globosa |
McClay, 1943 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Washington, USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Copris pristinus |
Pierce, 1946 |
- |
Late Pleistocene |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Eodrepanus coopei |
Barbero, Palestrini & Roggero, 2009 |
- |
c.118,000 yBP |
England |
Extinct |
|
|
Eophileurus convexus |
(Arrow in Andrews, 1900) |
- |
? |
Christmas Island, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Hoplia walterrossii |
Sabatinelli in Baraud, 1992 |
(rediscovered) |
Molise, Italy (southern) |
Rediscovered |
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Onthophagus everestae |
Pierce, 1946 |
- |
Late Pleistocene |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Onthophagus pilauco |
Tello et al., 2021 |
~15.2 k cal yr BP |
Chile |
Extinct |
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|
Oryctes chevrolatii |
Guérin-Méneville, 1844 |
? |
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands |
Extinct |
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Oryctes minor |
Waterhouse, 1876 |
? |
Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands |
Extinct |
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|
Oryctes tarandus |
(Olivier, 1789) |
? |
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands |
Extinct |
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Paracryptocanthon borgmeieri |
Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Brazil |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Phanaeus violetae |
Zunino, 2013 |
Late Pleistocene |
Ecuador |
Extinct |
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Prodontria sp. nov. 'New Zealand' |
- |
- |
? |
New Zealand |
Extinct |
|
|
Scarabaeus cancer |
(Arrow, 1919) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Kuando Kubango Province, Angola |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Scarabaeus sevoistra |
Alluaud, 1902 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
southern Madagascar |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Scybalophagus brellenthinae |
Tello et al., 2023 |
- |
~16 400 and ~12 800 cal a bp. |
Chile |
Extinct |
|
|
Semanopterus kingstoni |
Reid & Tees, 2023 |
- |
30 January 1979 |
Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Missing |
|
|
Stenosternus costatus |
Karsch, 1881 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa |
Rediscovered |
Family: Scirtidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Scraptiidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Scydmaenidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Silphidae (Carrion beetles or Burying beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Nicrophorus hispaniola |
Sikes & Peck, 2000 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Dominican Republic, Hispaniola |
Rediscovered |
Family: Silvanidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Sphaeritidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Sphindidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Staphylinidae (Rove beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Aleochara repetita |
Sharp, 1887 |
(rediscovered) |
Brazil & Panamá |
Rediscovered |
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Batriasymmodes parki |
Barr, 1987 |
Antloving beetle |
? |
Neely Farm Cave, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA |
Extinct |
|
|
Batrisodes profundus |
Park, 1956 |
Profound Cave rove beetle |
? |
Alabama, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Darwinilus sedarisi |
Chatzimanolis, 2018 |
- |
Between 6 September 1832 and 17 October 1832 |
Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
Missing |
|
|
Geostiba melanocephala |
(Crotch, 1867) |
1867 or before |
Azores, Macaronesia |
Missing |
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|
Hesperus gigas |
(Lea, 1929) |
- |
1910's |
Mount Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia |
Extinct |
|
|
Losiusa angusticollis |
Seevers, 1978 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Massachusetts, USA |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Mastopsenius australis |
Seevers, 1945 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Northern Territory & Queensland, Australia |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Menoedius andrewesi |
Fauvel, 1903 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Nilgiri Mountains, Tamil Nadu, India |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Oxyporus flohri |
Sharp, 1887 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Guatemala & Veracruz, México |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Paraneseuthia holzneri |
(Franz, 1976) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Japan |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Phytosus schatzmayri |
Bernhauer, 1941 |
1935 |
São Miguel Island, Azores, Macaronesia |
Missing |
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Scydmaenus kasuganus |
Franz, 1976 |
(rediscovered) |
Japan (including Mount Kasuga ad Nara) |
Rediscovered |
Family: Synchroidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Synteliidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Telegeusidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles)
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Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Alphasida nitida |
Bedel, 1918 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Morocco |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Asida septemsis |
(Pérez Vera, Ruiz & Avila, 2012) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Morocco |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Coniontis remnans |
Pierce, 1954 |
- |
Late Pleistocene |
Rancho La Brea Tar Pit, California, USA |
Missing |
|
|
Helenomelas basilewskyi |
Ardoin, 1972 |
- |
1960's |
St. Helena |
Extinct |
|
|
Hymenophorus candeli |
(Pardo-Alcaide, 1978) |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Morocco |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Nesotes azoricus |
(Crotch, 1867) |
- |
1930 |
São Miguel Island, Azores |
Extinct |
|
|
Oxycara razoense |
Gridelli, 1955 |
- |
after 1955 |
Raso, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Penthicoides seriatoporus |
Fairmaire, 1896 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Karnataka, India |
Rediscovered |
|
|
Tarphiophasis wollastoni |
Ardoin, 1972 |
- |
pre-2003 |
St. Helena |
Missing |
|
|
Terametus capicola |
Motschulsky, 1869 |
(rediscovered) |
South Africa |
Rediscovered |
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Xenogloeus politus |
Wollaston, 1861 |
- |
after 1867 |
São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands |
Extinct |
Family: Tetratomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Throscidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trachelostenidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trictenotomidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trogidae (Hide beetles or Keratin beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Trox youngai |
Strümpher & Scholtz, 2011 |
- |
? |
South Africa |
Missing |
Family: Trogossitidae (Bark-gnawing beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Tenebroides atiu |
Kolibáč & Porch, 2020 |
- |
c. 1400 yBP |
Atiu, Cook Islands |
Extinct |
|
|
Tenebroides mihiura |
Kolibáč & Porch, 2020 |
- |
c. 2000-2500 yBP |
Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
|
|
Tenebroides moorea |
Kolibáč & Porch, 2020 |
- |
c. 3000-4000 yBP |
Mo’orea, Society Islands, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
|
|
Tenebroides raivavae |
Kolibáč & Porch, 2020 |
- |
c. 1000-1500 yBP |
Raivavae, Austral Islands, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
|
|
Tenebroides rimatara |
Kolibáč & Porch, 2020 |
- |
c. 3500 yBP |
Rimatara, Austral Islands, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
|
|
Tenebroides tubuai |
Kolibáč & Porch, 2020 |
- |
c. 2000-2500 yBP |
Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
Family: Ulodidae (Gondwana beetles)
|
Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
|
Waitomophylax worthyi |
(Leschen & Rhode, 2002) |
- |
Holocene |
New Zealand |
Extinct |
Family: Urodontidae
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Vesperidae
—No subordinate taxa
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? |
||
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Pycnomerus mahanatoa |
Porch et al., 2020 |
subfossil |
Raivavae, French Polynesia |
Extinct? |
||
|
Pycnomerus prebblei |
Porch & Smith, 2017 |
- |
subfossil |
Rimatara, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
|
|
Pycnomerus rairua |
Porch et al., 2020 |
subfossil |
Raivavae, French Polynesia |
Extinct? |
||
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Pycnomerus raivavae |
Porch et al., 2020 |
subfossil |
Raivavae, French Polynesia |
Extinct? |
||
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Pycnomerus rimatara |
Porch & Smith, 2017 |
- |
subfossil |
Rimatara, French Polynesia |
Extinct |
|
|
Pycnomerus taralewisae |
Porch et al., 2020 |
subfossil |
Raivavae, French Polynesia |
Extinct? |
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Pycnomerus vavitu |
Porch et al., 2020 |
subfossil |
Raivavae, French Polynesia |
Extinct? |
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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]
Appendix 2: Species erroneously listed as extinct
"Incidentally, one of these six species is Carabdytes novaecaledoniae (Balfour-Browne) (included in the Red List since 1996 as Rhantus novacaledoniae), which is not Extinct and has been recorded recently from New Caledonia (Jäch & Balke, 2008)"
Source: Cowie, Robert H., Bouchet, Philippe and Fontaine, Benoît. (2022). The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation? Biological Reviews 97: 640-663. doi: 10.1111/brv.12816