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Lists of insect species (1 C, 400 P) ... List of damselflies of the world (Calopterygidae) List of data deficient insects; List of dragonflies; E.
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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction inside. In July 2017, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 343 endangered insect species. [1] Of all evaluated insect species, 5.7% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 21 insect subspecies as endangered.
Between 950,000–1,000,000 of all described animal species are considered insects, so over 50% of all described eukaryotes (1.8 million species) are insects (see illustration). With only 950,000 known non-insects, if the actual total number of insects is 5.5 million, they may represent over 80% of the total, and with only about 20,000 new ...
Recent figures indicate that there are more than 1.4 billion insects for each human on the planet, [27] or roughly 10 19 (10 quintillion) individual living insects on the earth at any given time. [28] An article in The New York Times claimed that the world holds 300 pounds of insects for every pound of humans. [28]
Critically endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 195 critically endangered insect species, including 46 which are tagged as possibly extinct. [1] [2] Of all evaluated insect species, 3.2% are listed as critically endangered ...
In contrast, a large majority of the insect species of the tropics and the southern hemisphere are probably undescribed. [11] Some 30–40,000 species inhabit freshwater; very few insects, perhaps a hundred species, are marine. [12] Insects such as snow scorpionflies flourish in cold habitats including the Arctic and at high altitude. [13]
Articles relating to insects, pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum.Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.