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Coleoptera (Beetles)

 
 

Family: Anthicidae

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

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 Access
             

Homoeodera nodulipennis

Wollaston, 1877

Gnarled broad-headed weevil

pre-1878

St. Helena

Extinct

Access

             

Urodontidius enigmaticus

Louw, 1993

-

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Valenfriesia congener (Wollaston, 1877) Blackened fungus weevil, Congeneric fungus beetle March 1967 St. Helena Missing Access
             

Valenfriesia rotundata

(Wollaston, 1877)

Rotund fungus weevil, Rotund fungus beetle

March 1967

St. Helena

Missing

Access

 

Family: Bothrideridae

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

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
Agrilus toyoshimai Toyama, 1988   (rediscovered) Honshu, Japan Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Castiarina insculpta Carter, 1934 Miena jewel beetle (rediscovered) Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Melobasis empyria Olliff, 1889 Fiery jewel beetle ? Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Missing Access

 

Family: Carabidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Bembidion derelictus

Alluaud, 1926

-

1888

Flores, Azores

Extinct

Access

             

Bembidion dicksoniae

(Wollaston, 1877)   1875-1876 St. Helena Missing Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bembidion fossor (Wollaston, 1877)   1875-1876 St. Helena Missing Access
             
Bembidion megalops (Wollaston, 1877)   1884-1886 St. Helena Missing Access
             

Bembidion palosverdes

Kavanaugh & Erwin, 1992

Palos Verdes intertidal minute carabid beetle

(rediscovered)

Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bembidion sublimbatum

(Wollaston,1877)

-

1884-1886

High Central Ridge, St Helena

Missing

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bembidion trechoides

(Wollaston, 1877)   1875-1876 St. Helena Missing Access
             

Blackburnia agonoides

Sharp, 1903

-

1896

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 debilis (Perkins, 1917)   (rediscovered) Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             

Blackburnia godzilla

Liebherr & Porch, 2015

-

late Holocene

Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Extinct

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blackburnia haleakala

Liebherr, 2000

-

1896

Hawaiian Islands, USA

Extinct

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blackburnia insignis

Sharp, 1878

-

?

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)

-

1902

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

-

1896

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, 1873

-

1930

Pico, Azores

Extinct

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calathus vicenteorum

Schatzmayr, 1937

-

1985

São Miguel Island, Azores

Extinct

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calosoma burchellii (Waterhouse, 1842) Giant ground beetle, Burchell's Giant ground beetle 1967 St. Helena 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 joaquinensis

 Knisley & Haines, 2007

San Joaquin tiger beetle

?

California, USA

Rediscovered

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elaphrus viridis

Horn, 1878

 

(rediscovered)

Solano County, California, USA

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harpalus prosperus

Basilewsky, 1972

-

1960's

St. Helena

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holcaspis brevicula 

Butcher, 1984

Eyrewell ground beetle

2005

Eyrewell Forest, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand

Missing

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horologion speokoites

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, 1878)

-

(rediscovered)

Hawaiian Islands, USA

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mecyclothorax rusticus

Sharp, 1903

-

(rediscovered)

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

(rediscovered)

O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nurus atlas

(Laporte, 1867)

-

(rediscovered)

Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Nurus brevis

Motschulsky, 1865

-

(rediscovered)

Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Platynus dissipatus

Scudder, 1890

-

Late Pleistocene

Canada

Extinct

Access

             

Pseudanophthalmus fowlerae

Barr, 1980

Fowler's cave beetle

(rediscovered)

Tennessee, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pseudanophthalmus insularis

Barr, 1959

Bakers Station cave beetle

(rediscovered)

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

1985

West Virginia, USA

Extinct

Access

             

Pseudanophthalmus parvus

Krekeler, 1973

Tatum Cave beetle

1965

Marion County, Kentucky, USA

Missing

Access

             

Pseudanophthalmus paulus

Barr, 1981

Noblett's cave beetle

(rediscovered)

Tennessee, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pseudanophthalmus tiresias

Barr, 1959

Soothsayer cave beetle

(rediscovered)

Tennessee, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pseudanophthalmus tullahoma

Barr, 1959

Duck River Cave ground beetle

?

Tennessee, USA

Missing

Access

             
Pseudomyas doramasensis Uyttenboogaart, 1929   1927 Gran Canaria, Canary Islands 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) - (rediscovered) 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) - (rediscovered) Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Rediscovered 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 Bolivian tiger beetle, Bolivian ornate tiger beetle (rediscovered) Bolivia Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Cleridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cormodes darwinii Pascoe, 1860 - (rediscovered) 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 in Waterhouse et al., 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
Acanthinomerus monilicornis (Wollaston, 1869)   (rediscovered) St. Helena Rediscovered Access
             
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
             
Cryptommata cuccalata Wollaston, 1877   ? St. Helena 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) - 1920's Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Extinct Access
             
Hybomorphus melanosomus Saunders & Jekel, 1855 Lord Howe Island ground weevil June 1869 or before? Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Missing Access
             
Isotornus aterrimus Wollaston, 1877   ? St. Helena Missing Access
             
Leptopius etheridgei (Olliff, 1889) - 1910's Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Missing Access
             
Megacolabus sculpturatus Broun, 1893 Akaroa weevil pre-1894 Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand Missing 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 - (rediscovered) 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
             

Pseudapocyrtus schadenbergi

Heller, 1912 - (rediscovered) northern Luzon, Philippines 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 Extinct Access
             
Torishimazo minamiiwoensis Morimoto, 2015 - (rediscovered) 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
             
Tychiorhinus porrectus Wollaston, 1877   ? St. Helena Missing Access
             
Tymbopiptus valeas Kuschel, 1987 - 1680 +/- 50 years BP New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Xestophasis nasalis Wollaston, 1877   ? St. Helena Missing Access
             
Xestophasis xerophilus Decelle & Voss 1972 - pre-2003 St. Helena Missing Access
             
Xyleborus pele Samuelson, 1981 - (rediscovered) Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Xyleborus pleiades
Samuleson, 1981   (rediscovered) 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
             
Carabdytes plantaris (Sharp, 1882) - (rediscovered) New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Coelhydrus brevicollis Sharp, 1882 - (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Colymbetes minimus Zaitzev, 1908   (rediscovered) China & Tibet 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 (rediscovered) Inyo County & Mono County, California, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Hygrotus sylvanus (Fall, 1917) - 1979 USA Extinct Access
             
Ilybius samokovi Nilsson & Fery, 1993 - (rediscovered) Rila Mountains, Bulgaria Rediscovered Access
             

Megadytes ducalis

Sharp, 1882 - late 1800's Bahia (southern), Brazil Missing Access
             
Meridiorhantus orbignyi (Balke, 1992) - (rediscovered) Argentina & Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Paroster monteithi (Brancucci, 1985)   (rediscovered) New Caledonia Rediscovered Access
             
Rhantus papuanus Balfour-Browne, 1939 - 1919 Papua New Guinea Extinct 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   (rediscovered) 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: Gyrinidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Metagyrinus sinensis (Ochs, 1924)   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered  Access 

 

 

Family: Haliplidae

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 Access
             
Haliplus nitens LeConte, 1850 Disjunct crawling water beetle 1932 North America Extinct Access

 

Family: Hydraenidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hydraena sappho Janssens, 1965 - pre-1966 Lefkada, Greece Missing Access
             
Limnebius aridus Perkins, 1980 Animas (limnebius) minute moss beetle 1952 New Mexico, USA Extinct Access
             
Limnebius asperatus

Knisch, 1922

- (rediscovered) northeastern Apennines, Italy  Rediscovered Access 
             
Limnebius canariensis d'Orchymont, 1938 - 6 June 1989 Gran Canaria, 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 - (rediscovered) 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 - (rediscovered) Veracruz, Mexico Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Lucanidae

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

 

 

Family: Meloidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Tetraolytta gerardi (Pic, 1919)   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Melolonthidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Apicencya calva (Waterhouse, 1882)   108+ years ago Madagascar Missing Access
             
Bothynus cribrarius (Fairmaire, 1878) - (rediscovered) Atlantic Forest, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Melyridae

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

 

Family: Mordellidae

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 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: Psephenidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Mataeopsephus nitidipennis Waterhouse, 1876   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered  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 schaefferi

Seidel, 2021 Padre Island tibial scarab, Tibial scarab 19 May 1976 Padre Island, Texas, USA Missing Access
             
Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 Padre Island tibial scarab, Tibial scarab 19 May 1976 Padre Island, Texas, USA Invalid (junior homonym) 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
             

Apogonia insulana

Karsch, 1882   (rediscovered) Príncipe Rediscovered 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   (rediscovered) 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
             

Scarabaeus sevoistra

Alluaud, 1902 - (rediscovered) southern Madagascar Rediscovered Access
             

Scybalophagus brellenthinae

Tello et al., 2023 - ~16 400 and ~12 800 cal a bp. Chile Extinct Access
             

Semanopterus kingstoni

Reid & Tees, 2023 - 30 January 1979 Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Missing 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   (rediscovered) 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
             
Darwinilus sedarisi Chatzimanolis, 2018 - Between 6 September 1832 and 17 October 1832 Bahía Blanca, Argentina Missing Access
             
Geostiba melanocephala (Crotch, 1867)   1867 or before Azores, Macaronesia Missing Access
             
Hesperus gigas (Lea, 1929) - 1910's Mount Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Extinct Access
             

Losiusa angusticollis

Seevers, 1978 - (rediscovered) Massachusetts, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Mastopsenius australis Seevers, 1945 - (rediscovered) Northern Territory & Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Menoedius andrewesi

Fauvel, 1903

- (rediscovered)  Nilgiri Mountains, Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access
             
Oxyporus flohri Sharp, 1887 - (rediscovered) Guatemala & Veracruz, México Rediscovered Access
             
Paraneseuthia holzneri (Franz, 1976) - (rediscovered) Japan Rediscovered Access
             

Phytosus schatzmayri

Bernhauer, 1941   1935 São Miguel Island, Azores, Macaronesia Missing Access
             

Scydmaenus kasuganus

Franz, 1976   (rediscovered) Japan (including Mount Kasuga ad Nara) Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Tenebrionidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Alphasida nitida Bedel, 1918 - (rediscovered) Morocco Rediscovered Access
             
Asida septemsis (Pérez Vera, Ruiz & Avila, 2012) - (rediscovered) 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) - (rediscovered) Morocco Rediscovered Access
             
Nesotes azoricus (Crotch, 1867) - 1930 São Miguel Island, Azores Extinct Access
             
Penthicoides seriatoporus Fairmaire, 1896 - (rediscovered) Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
             
Tarphiophasis wollastoni Ardoin, 1972 - pre-2003 St. Helena Missing Access
             
Terametus capicola Motschulsky, 1869   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered 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]

 

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