''Ataxia'', described by
Haldeman in 1847, is an
American
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genus
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of
longhorn beetle
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s of the subfamily
Lamiinae
Lamiinae, commonly called flat-faced longhorns, are a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily includes over 750 genera, rivaled in diversity within the family only by the subfamily Cerambycinae
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, tribe
Pteropliini
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Taxonomy
* '' Abaraeus'' Jordan, 1903
* '' Abryna'' Newman, 1842
* '' Acanthe ...
.
Distribution
''Ataxia'' is primarily widespread in
South America
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, but several endemic species are present in
Central America
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and in the
Antilles
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. Only few species reach the South-western United States.
''Ataxia'' contains the following species:
* ''
Ataxia acutipennis''
(Thomson, 1868)
* ''
Ataxia albisetosa''
Breuning, 1940
* ''
Ataxia alboscutellata''
Fisher, 1926
* ''
Ataxia alpha''
Chemsak & Noguera, 1993
* ''
Ataxia arenaria''
Martins & Galileo, 2013
* ''
Ataxia arizonica''
Fisher, 1920
* ''
Ataxia brunnea''
Champlain & Knull, 1926
* ''
Ataxia camiriensis''
Galileo & Santos-Silva, 2016
* ''
Ataxia canescens''
(Bates, 1880)
* ''
Ataxia cayennensis''
Breuning, 1940
* ''
Ataxia cayensis''
Chemsak & Feller, 1988
* ''
Ataxia cineracea''
Galileo & Martins, 2007
* ''
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 heppneri''
Wappes, Santos-Silva & Galileo, 2017
* ''
Ataxia hovorei''
Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
* ''
Ataxia hubbardi''
Fisher, 1924
* ''
Ataxia illita''
(Bates, 1885)
* ''
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 parva''
Galileo & Martins, 2011
* ''
Ataxia perplexa''
(Gahan, 1892)
* ''
Ataxia piauiensis''
Martins & Galileo, 2012
* ''
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''-speciesgallery of ''Ataxia''-species
Pteropliini
Taxa named by Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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