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), so the genus was renamed to Alethaxius by ÃÂdouard Lefèvre in 1885. According to Flowers (1996), it is very likely that Alethaxius is polyphyletic and represents at least three different genera.
Species
- Alethaxius acunai <small>Blake, 1947</small>
- Alethaxius aeneus <small>Bowditch, 1921</small>
- Alethaxius angulicollis <small>(Chapuis, 1874)</small>
- Alethaxius annulicornis <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Alethaxius bogotanus <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Alethaxius bruneri <small>Blake, 1949</small>
- Alethaxius callosicollis <small>Bechyné, 1953</small>
- Alethaxius chevrolati <small>(Lefèvre, 1891)</small>
- Alethaxius carinipennis <small>Bowditch, 1921</small>
- Alethaxius darlingtoni <small>Blake, 1945</small>
- Alethaxius dichrous <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Alethaxius dominicae <small>Blake, 1968</small>
- Alethaxius geniculatus <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small>
- Alethaxius guatemalensis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Alethaxius hispaniolae <small>Blake, 1945</small>
- Alethaxius integer <small>Blake, 1945</small>
- Alethaxius intricatus <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Alethaxius jacobyi <small>Weise, 1913</small>
- Alethaxius landolti <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Alethaxius latericostatus <small>(Lefèvre, 1882)</small>
- Alethaxius marcuzzii <small>Bechyné, 1958</small>
- Alethaxius meliae <small>Blake, 1945</small>
- Alethaxius mexicanus <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Alethaxius nigritarsis <small>Jacoby, 1892</small>
- Alethaxius pallidus <small>Bowditch, 1921</small>
- Alethaxius parumpunctatus <small>Bechyné, 1953</small>
- Alethaxius polychromus <small>Bechyné, 1955</small>
- Alethaxius prolixus <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small>
- Alethaxius pubicollis <small>Jacoby, 1890</small>
- Alethaxius puertoricensis <small>Blake, 1945</small>
- Alethaxius punctifer <small>Bechyné, 1953</small>
- Alethaxius ruffoi <small>Bechyné, 1950</small>
- Alethaxius semicostatus <small>Blake, 1946</small>
- Alethaxius semiviridis <small>Jacoby, 1890</small>
- Alethaxius striatulus <small>Lefèvre, 1886</small>
- Alethaxius tortuensis <small>Blake, 1947</small>
- Alethaxius tuberculifer <small>Lefèvre, 1889</small>
- Alethaxius turquinensis <small>Blake, 1945</small>
- Alethaxius vagabundus <small>(Lefèvre, 1878)</small>
- Alethaxius variabilis <small>(Jacoby, 1881)</small>
- Alethaxius yunquensis <small>Blake, 1946</small>
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