List of INSECTA species in Nigeria



This is a list of INSECTA in Nigeria 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
Iolaus newporti Newport's Sapphire 160256 DD
Cerautola legeri St. Leger’s Epitola 160884 DD
Pentaphlebia gamblesi Gambles's Relic 169192 CR
Phyllomacromia nigeriensis 169218 DD
Cardiocondyla zoserka 3857 VU
Neurolestes nigeriensis Gamble's Flatwing 169248 CR
Eresina schmitti Schmitt’s Eresina 161231 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)