List of INSECTA species in Lesotho



This is a list of INSECTA in Lesotho according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Paternympha narycia Spotted-eye Brown 160324 LC
Aneuryphymus erythropus Red-footed Agile Grasshopper 116114502 LC
Brachyphymus basuto Lesotho Agile Grasshopper 116114528 DD
Chlorolestes draconicus Drakensberg Malachite 4730 LC
Rhachitopis crassus Humped Agile Grasshopper 116116103 LC
Calliptamicus semiroseus Southern Agile Grasshopper 116114586 LC
Conocephalus basutoanus Lesotho Meadow Katydid 20633270 EN
Chlorolestes fasciatus Mountain Malachite 63171 LC
Calliptamulus hyalinus Karoo Agile Grasshopper 116114640 LC
Calliptamulus natalensis Natal Agile Grasshopper 116114643 LC
Lepidochrysops lerothodi Lesotho Blue 160980 LC
Calliptamulus sulfurescens Upland Agile Grasshopper 116114650 LC
Africallagma sapphirinum Sapphire Bluet 63218 LC
Platacanthoides bituberculatus Montane Agile Grasshopper 116115715 LC
Euryphymus haematopus Red-legged Agile Grasshopper 116114699 LC
Leptomyrina lara Cape Black-eye 160524 LC
Platacanthoides reductus Drakensberg Agile Grasshopper 116115726 LC
Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni 11546 VU
Aloeides dentatis 883 VU
Phaneroptera nigropunctata Spotted Leaf Katydid 20643808 DD
Arytropteris granulithorax East Coast Flat-necked Shieldback 20659682 LC
Copris ritsemae 137725 DD

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)