Ataxia (beetle)

Ataxia
Ataxia crypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Tribe:	Pteropliini
Genus:	Ataxia Haldeman, 1847 [1]

Ataxia, described by Haldeman in 1847, is an American genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribe Pteropliini.

Distribution[]

Ataxia is primarily widespread in South America, but several endemic species are present in Central America and in the Antilles. Only few species reach the South-western United States.

The genus includes 38 species:

• Ataxia acutipennis (Thomson, 1868)
• Ataxia albisetosa Breuning, 1940
• Ataxia alboscutellata Fisher, 1926
• Ataxia alpha Chemsak & Noguera, 1993
• Ataxia arizonica Fisher, 1920
• Ataxia brunnea Champlain & Knull, 1926
• Ataxia canescens (Bates, 1880)
• Ataxia cayennensis Breuning, 1940
• Ataxia cayensis Chemsak & Feller, 1988
• Ataxia crassa Vitali, 2007
• Ataxia crypta (Say, 1831)
• Ataxia cylindrica Breuning, 1940
• Ataxia estoloides Breuning, 1940
• Ataxia falli Breuning, 1961
• Ataxia fulvifrons (Bates, 1885)
• Ataxia haitiensis Fisher, 1932
• Ataxia hovorei Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
• Ataxia hubbardi Fisher, 1924
• Ataxia illita (Bates, 1885)
• Ataxia linearis (Bates, 1866)
• Ataxia lineata (Fabricius, 1792)
• Ataxia luteifrons (Bruch, 1926)
• Ataxia mucronata (Bates, 1866)
• Ataxia nivisparsa (Bates, 1885)
• Ataxia obscura (Fabricius, 1801)
• Ataxia obtusa (Bates, 1866)
• Ataxia operaria Erichson in Schomburg, 1848
• Ataxia perplexa (Gahan, 1892)
• Ataxia prolixa (Bates, 1866)
• Ataxia rufitarsis (Bates, 1880)
• Ataxia setulosa Fall, 1907
• Ataxia spinicauda Schaeffer, 1904
• Ataxia spinipennis Chevrolat, 1862
• Ataxia stehliki Chemsak, 1966
• Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer, 1908
• Ataxia uniformis Fisher, 1926
• Ataxia variegata Fisher, 1925
• Ataxia yucatana Breuning, 1940

References[]

• list of Ataxia-species
• gallery of Ataxia-species