''Alethaxius'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. It is distributed from
Mexico to northern
South America, and it is also found in the
West Indies.
The genus was originally named ''Aletes'' by
Félicien Chapuis in 1874. However, this name was preoccupied by ''Aletes'' Carpenter, 1857 (in
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
), so the genus was renamed to ''Alethaxius'' by
Édouard Lefèvre
Édouard Lefèvre (22 January 183917 June 1894) was a French botanist and later entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He became a member of the Entomological Society of France
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in 1885.
According to Flowers (1996), it is very likely that ''Alethaxius'' is
polyphyletic and represents at least three different genera.
Species
* ''
Alethaxius acunai''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1947
* ''
Alethaxius aeneus''
Bowditch, 1921
* ''
Alethaxius angulicollis''
(Chapuis Chapuis is a French-language surname of the Arpitan region of eastern France and Francophone Switzerland with various spellings, and may refer to:
* Bernard Chapuis (born 1945), French writer
* Charles Bertin Gaston Chapuis de Tourville (1740–1 ...
, 1874)
* ''
Alethaxius annulicornis''
( Lefèvre, 1878)
* ''
Alethaxius bogotanus''
( Lefèvre, 1878)
* ''
Alethaxius bruneri''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1949
* ''
Alethaxius callosicollis''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Alethaxius chevrolati''
( Lefèvre, 1891)
* ''
Alethaxius carinipennis''
Bowditch, 1921
* ''
Alethaxius darlingtoni''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1945
* ''
Alethaxius dichrous''
( Lefèvre, 1878)
* ''
Alethaxius dominicae''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1968
* ''
Alethaxius geniculatus''
Lefèvre, 1885
* ''
Alethaxius guatemalensis''
( Jacoby, 1881)
* ''
Alethaxius hispaniolae''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1945
* ''
Alethaxius integer''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1945
* ''
Alethaxius intricatus''
( Lefèvre, 1878)
* ''
Alethaxius jacobyi
''Alethaxius'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and it is also found in the West Indies. The genus was originally named ''Aletes'' by Félicien Chapuis in 1874. Howev ...
''
Weise, 1913
* ''
Alethaxius landolti''
( Lefèvre, 1878)
* ''
Alethaxius latericostatus''
( Lefèvre, 1882)
* ''
Alethaxius marcuzzii''
Bechyné, 1958
* ''
Alethaxius meliae''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1945
* ''
Alethaxius mexicanus''
( Jacoby, 1881)
* ''
Alethaxius nigritarsis''
Jacoby, 1892
* ''
Alethaxius pallidus''
Bowditch, 1921
* ''
Alethaxius parumpunctatus''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Alethaxius polychromus''
Bechyné, 1955
* ''
Alethaxius prolixus''
Lefèvre, 1885
* ''
Alethaxius pubicollis''
Jacoby, 1890
* ''
Alethaxius puertoricensis''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1945
* ''
Alethaxius punctifer''
Bechyné, 1953
* ''
Alethaxius ruffoi''
Bechyné, 1950
* ''
Alethaxius semicostatus''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1946
* ''
Alethaxius semiviridis''
Jacoby, 1890
* ''
Alethaxius striatulus''
Lefèvre, 1886
* ''
Alethaxius tortuensis''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1947
* ''
Alethaxius tuberculifer''
Lefèvre, 1889
* ''
Alethaxius turquinensis''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1945
* ''
Alethaxius vagabundus''
( Lefèvre, 1878)
* ''
Alethaxius variabilis''
( Jacoby, 1881)
* ''
Alethaxius yunquensis''
Blake
Blake is a surname which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory, presuma ...
, 1946
Synonyms:
* ''Alethaxius brevis''
Lefèvre, 1889: Moved to ''
Dryadomolpus''
* ''Alethaxius columbicus''
Jacoby, 1901: Moved to ''
Rhabdocolaspis''
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of North America
Beetles of South America
Insects of the Caribbean
Taxa named by Édouard Lefèvre
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