Ataxia (beetle)

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Ataxia
Ataxia crypta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Pteropliini
Genus: Ataxia
Haldeman, 1847 [1]
Synonyms
  • Stenidea Haldeman, 1847
  • Stenosoma LeConte, 1852
  • Proecha Thomson in Chevrolat, 1862
  • Esthlogena Bates, 1866
  • Parysatis Thomson, 1868
  • Parepectasis Bruch, 1926

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

Distribution[edit]

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.

Ataxia contains the following species:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ataxia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Bezark, Larry. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World (new world)". Retrieved 26 November 2022.