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Arthropoda - Marine Insects

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

You may find information for the conservation statuses assessed in the second edition Singapore Red Data Book (RDB2) and third edition Singapore Red Data Book (RDB3).

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

Checklist of Marine Insect Species with their Category of Threat Status for Singapore

Prepared by Marc Chang Jia Jin, Lanna Cheng, Tran Anh Duc, Hwang Wei Song

Family Genus Species Authority Common Name RDB2 RDB3
Chironomidae Pontomyia pacifica Tokunaga, 1932 Marine midge Not Listed NT
Gerridae Asclepios annandalei Distant, 1915 Sea skater Not Listed LC
Gerridae Halobates esakii Miyamoto, 1967 Sea skater Not Listed DD
Gerridae Halobates germanus White, 1883 Sea skater Not Listed LC
Gerridae Halobates hayanus White, 1883 Sea skater Not Listed LC
Gerridae Halobates princeps White, 1883 Sea skater Not Listed DD
Gerridae Halobates proavus White, 1883 Sea skater Not Listed DD
Gerridae Halobates trynae Herring, 1964 Sea skater Not Listed DD
Gerridae Rheumatometroides insularis (J. Polhemus and Cheng, 1982) Sea skater Not Listed LC
Gerridae Stenobates biroi Esaki, 1926 Sea skater Not Listed LC
Hermatobatidae Hermatobates singaporensis Cheng, 1976 Coral treader Not Listed EN
Veliidae Halovelia lannae Andersen, 1989 Coral bug Not Listed LC
Veliidae Haloveloides sundaensis Andersen, 1991 Coral bug Not Listed LC
Veliidae Xenobates mandai Andersen, 2000 Mangrove bug Not Listed LC
Veliidae Xenobates murphyi Andersen, 2000 Mangrove bug Not Listed LC
Veliidae Xenobates singaporensis Andersen, 2000 Mangrove bug Not Listed LC
Omaniidae Corallocoris marksae (Woodward, 1958) Intertidal dwarf bug Not Listed NT
Saldidae Pentacora malayensis (Dover, 1929) Shore bug Not Listed EN
Saldidae Salduncula murphyi J. Polhemus, 1991 Shore bug Not Listed VU
Saldidae Saldoida armata Horvath, 1911 Shore bug Not Listed VU

 

The list of the Categories used in 3rd edition of the Red List is:


Category

Abbreviation

Criteria

Not Threatened

Least Concern

LC

Not approaching the above criteria

Near-Threatened

NT

Approaching but not yet reaching the threshold for the above criteria

Threatened

Vulnerable

VU

There are fewer than 1,000 mature individuals but more than 250 and there may or may not be any other evidence of decline, small range size or fragmentation.

Endangered

EN

There are fewer than 250 mature individuals and no other evidence of decline or fragmentation.

Critically Endangered

CR

There are fewer than 50 mature individuals, OR if more than 50 mature individuals but less than 250, with some evidence of decline or fragmentation.

Extirpation

&

Extinction

Presumed Nationally Extinct

NEx

The species is extinct (extirpated) within Singapore but it still survives outside Singapore.

Globally Extinct

EX

The species is extinct all over the world, both in the wild and in cultivation







Other Categories

Data Deficient

DD

Inadequate information to make an informed assessment

Not Applicable

NA

Species that are not eligible for assessment at the national level (mainly introduced taxa and vagrants)

Not Evaluated


NE

Species that are possibly eligible for assessment but have not yet been evaluated against the criteria

Not Listed

NL

Species not listed in the records (in the IUCN Global Red List database, or the first edition Singapore Red Data Book - RDB 1 and second edition Singapore Red Data Book - RDB 2) for whatever reason



 

 

Last updated on 24 May 2024

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