Biology:Ataxia (genus)

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Ataxia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
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

Wikidata ☰ Q4812912 entry