Ataxia (beetle)
Ataxia, described by Haldeman in 1847, is an American genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribe Pteropliini.
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| Ataxia crypta | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Cerambycidae | 
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae | 
| Tribe: | Pteropliini | 
| Genus: | Ataxia Haldeman, 1847 [1]  | 
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
 
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