Checklist of Beetles present in Singapore and their National Status

Photo credit: Shivaram Rasu

The following table lists the species in this taxon assessed under the Singapore Red List, which is intended to be published in the third edition of the Singapore Red Data Book in future.

You may find information regarding the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Red Data Book version 2 (RDB2) and Red Data Book version 3 (RDB3) conservation statuses. The IUCN conservation status is assessed globally while the RDB2 and RDB3 conservation statuses are assessed locally.

The information below is accurate as at the time of the listing online for the taxon.

S/N	Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	Species	Authority	Common name	Global IUCN Status	RDB2 status	RDB3 status
1	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Agastus	ustulatus	Gestro, 1875		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
2	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Catascopus	brachypterus	Chaudoir, 1861		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
3	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Catascopus	cupripennis	Thomson, 1858		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
4	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Catascopus	punctipennis	Saunders, 1863		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
5	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Chlaenius	acroxanthus	Chaudoir, 1876		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
6	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Colasidia	malayica	Basilewsky, 1954		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
7	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Cryptocephalomorpha	gaverei	Ritsema, 1875		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
8	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Distichus	dicaelus	Chaudoir, 1881		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
9	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Eustra	csikii	Jedlicka, 1968		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
10	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Lachnoderma	tricolor	Andrewes, 1926		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
11	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Parena	nigrolineata	(Chaudoir, 1852)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
12	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Carabidae	Pheropsophus	occipitalis	(Macleay, 1825)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
13	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cicindelidae	Heptodonta	analis	(Fabricius, 1801)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
14	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cicindelidae	Hypaetha	quadrilineata	(Fabricius, 1781)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
15	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cicindelidae	Lophyra	fuliginosa	(Dejean, 1826)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Vulnerable
16	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cicindelidae	Therates	batesii	Thomson, 1857		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
17	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cicindelidae	Therates	fleutiauxi	Horn, 1898		Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
18	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Anthaxia (Merocratus)	miranda	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
19	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Anthaxia (Merocratus)	violaceiventris	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
20	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Agrilus	albogaster	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
21	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Agrilus	amicus	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
22	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Agrilus	lancifer	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
23	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Agrilus	jankae	Jendek & Grebennikov, 2019		Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
24	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Agrilus	tristinus	Obenberger, 1924		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
25	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Agrilus	trito	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
26	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Belionota	metasticta	(Illiger, 1800)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
27	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Catoxantha	opulenta	(Gory, 1832)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
28	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Chrysobothris	cyanescens	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
29	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Chrysobothris	nigripennis	Deyrolle, 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
30	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Chrysochroa	castelnaudii	Deyrolle, 1862		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
31	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Coraebus	collaris	Gory & Laporte, 1839		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
32	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Endelus	baumi	Obenberger, 1929		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
33	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Epidelus	wallacei	(Thomson, 1857)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
34	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Haplotrinchus	viridis	(Deyrolle, 1864)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
35	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Megaloxantha	hemixantha	(Vollenhoven, 1864)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
36	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Buprestidae	Megaloxantha	purpurascens	(Ritsema, 1879)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
37	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Aegolipton	marginale	(Fabricius, 1775)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
38	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Amechana	nobilis	Thomson 1864		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
39	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Astathes (Tetraophthalmus)	contentiosa	Pascoe, 1867		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
40	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Astathes (Tetraophthalmus)	terminata	Pascoe, 1857		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
41	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Bacchisa	albicornis	(Pascoe 1867)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
42	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Dorysthenes (Paraphrus)	planicollis	(Bates, 1878)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
43	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Entelopes	glauca	Guérin-Méneville, 1844		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
44	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Epianthe	funesta	Pascoe, 1869		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
45	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Euryphagus	lundii	Fabricius, 1792		Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
46	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	algebraica	Thomson, 1857		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
47	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	coris	Pascoe, 1867		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
48	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	juno	Thomson, 1865		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
49	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	mathematica	(Thomson, 1857)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
50	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	myrrhis	Pascoe, 1867		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
51	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	myrsine	Pascoe, 1867		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
52	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea	pulchella	Pascoe, 1858		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
53	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Glenea (Tanylecta)	aegoprepiformis	Breuning, 1950		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
54	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Hoplocerambyx	spinicornis	(Newman, 1842)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
55	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Nepiodes	cinnamomeum ritsemai	(Lameere, 1912)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
56	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Notomulciber (Micromulciber)	sexlineatus	Breuning, 1959		Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
57	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Oberea	compta	Pascoe, 1867		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
58	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Ocalemia	vigilans	Pascoe, 1858		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
59	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Paracyriothasastes	marmoreus	(Pascoe, 1857)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
60	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Pseudoparanaspia	lepturoides	(Pascoe, 1869)		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
61	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Remphan	hopei	Waterhouse, 1836		Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
62	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Lampyridae	Luciola	singapura	Jusoh & Ballantyne, 2021	Singapore firefly	Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
63	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Lampyridae	Pteroptyx	bearni	Olivier	The Comtesse’s Bent-winged Firefly	Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
64	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Lampyridae	Pteroptyx	malaccae	Gorham		Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
65	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Lampyridae	Pteroptyx	valida	Olivier	Non-synchronous Bent-winged Firefly	Not Listed	Endangered	Endangered
66	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Lampyridae	Pyrocoelia	fumigata	Gorham		Not Listed	Not Listed	Least Concern
67	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Copris	numa	Lansberge, 1886	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
68	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Sisyphus	thoracicus	Sharp, 1875	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
69	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Catharsius	renaudpauliani	Ochi & Kon, 1996	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Near Threatened
70	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Paragymnopleurus	maurus	(Sharp, 1875)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Near Threatened
71	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Caccobius	unicornis	(Fabricius, 1798)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
72	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Onthophagus	deliensis	Lansberge, 1885	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Near Threatened
73	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Onthophagus	trituber	(Wiedemann, 1823)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Least Concern
74	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Onthophagus	vulpes	Harold, 1877	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
75	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Chalcosoma	atlas	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Atlas beetle	Not Listed	Not Listed	Critically Endangered
76	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Chalcosoma	chiron	(Olivier, 1789)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Presumed Nationally Extinct
77	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Scarabaeidae	Xylotrupes	gideon	(Linnaeus, 1767)	Brown rhinoceros beetle	Not Listed	Not Listed	Near Threatened
78	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Cheilomenes	sexmaculata	Fabricius, 1781	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Least Concern
79	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Chilocorus	circumdatus	(Gyllenhall in Schönherr, 1808)	Red chilocorus	Not Listed	Not Listed	Least Concern
80	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Coelophora	bissellata	Mulsant, 1850	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
81	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Henosepilachna	indica	(Mulsant, 1850)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Least Concern
82	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Heteroneda	billardieri	Crotch, 1871	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Data Deficient
83	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Harmonia	octomaculata	(Fabricius, 1781)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Vulnerable
84	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Coccinellidae	Megalocaria	dilatata	(Fabricius, 1775)	NA	Not Listed	Not Listed	Vulnerable
85	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Lycidae	Platerodrilus	ruficollis	(Pic, 1942)	Trilobite Larva	Not Listed	Endangered	Vulnerable