List of INSECTA species in New Zealand



This is a list of INSECTA in New Zealand 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
Deinacrida fallai Poor Knights Weta 6304 VU
Deinacrida heteracantha Wetapunga 6305 VU
Deinacrida rugosa Stephens Island Weta 6306 VU
Deinacrida parva Kaikoura Weta 6308 DD
Hadramphus tuberculatus Speargrass Weevil 39307 CR
Austrolestes colensonis Blue Damselfly 197091 LC
Xanthocnemis sinclairi Alpine Redcoat Damselfly 197092 LC
Xanthocnemis tuanuii Chatham Redcoat Damselfly 197093 LC
Xanthocnemis zealandica Common Redcoat Damselfly 197094 LC
Uropetala chiltoni Mountain Giant Dragonfly 197097 LC
Procordulia grayi Yellow Spotted Dragonfly 197098 LC
Xylotoles costatus Pitt Island Longhorn Beetle 23161 EN
Mecodema punctellum 12922 EX
Xanthocnemis sobrina Kauri Redcoat Damselfly 158651 DD
Procordulia smithii Ranger Dragonfly 158661 LC
Metioche maorica New Zealand Trig 107435355 LC
Uropetala carovei Bush Giant Dragonfly 163559 LC
Antipodochlora braueri Dusk Dragonfly 1781 LC
Prodontria lewisi Cromwell Chafer Beetle 18271 CR

 

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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)