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.
Ataxia contains the following species:
- Ataxia acutipennis <small>(Thomson, 1868)</small>
- Ataxia albisetosa <small>Breuning, 1940</small>
- Ataxia alboscutellata <small>Fisher, 1926</small>
- Ataxia alpha <small>Chemsak & Noguera, 1993</small>
- Ataxia arenaria <small>Martins & Galileo, 2013</small>
- Ataxia arizonica <small>Fisher, 1920</small>
- Ataxia brunnea <small>Champlain & Knull, 1926</small>
- Ataxia camiriensis <small>Galileo & Santos-Silva, 2016</small>
- Ataxia canescens <small>(Bates, 1880)</small>
- Ataxia cayennensis <small>Breuning, 1940</small>
- Ataxia cayensis <small>Chemsak & Feller, 1988</small>
- Ataxia cineracea <small>Galileo & Martins, 2007</small>
- Ataxia crassa <small>Vitali, 2007</small>
- Ataxia crypta <small>(Say, 1831)</small>
- Ataxia cylindrica <small>Breuning, 1940</small>
- Ataxia estoloides <small>Breuning, 1940</small>
- Ataxia falli <small>Breuning, 1961</small>
- Ataxia fulvifrons <small>(Bates, 1885)</small>
- Ataxia haitiensis <small>Fisher, 1932</small>
- Ataxia heppneri <small>Wappes, Santos-Silva & Galileo, 2017</small>
- Ataxia hovorei <small>Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007</small>
- Ataxia hubbardi <small>Fisher, 1924</small>
- Ataxia illita <small>(Bates, 1885)</small>
- Ataxia luteifrons <small>(Bruch, 1926)</small>
- Ataxia mucronata <small>(Bates, 1866)</small>
- Ataxia nivisparsa <small>(Bates, 1885)</small>
- Ataxia obscura <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small>
- Ataxia obtusa <small>(Bates, 1866)</small>
- Ataxia operaria <small>Erichson in Schomburg, 1848</small>
- Ataxia parva <small>Galileo & Martins, 2011</small>
- Ataxia perplexa <small>(Gahan, 1892)</small>
- Ataxia piauiensis <small>Martins & Galileo, 2012</small>
- Ataxia prolixa <small>(Bates, 1866)</small>
- Ataxia rufitarsis <small>(Bates, 1880)</small>
- Ataxia setulosa <small>Fall, 1907</small>
- Ataxia spinicauda <small>Schaeffer, 1904</small>
- Ataxia spinipennis <small>Chevrolat, 1862</small>
- Ataxia stehliki <small>Chemsak, 1966</small>
- Ataxia tibialis <small>Schaeffer, 1908</small>
- Ataxia uniformis <small>Fisher, 1926</small>
- Ataxia variegata <small>Fisher, 1925</small>
- Ataxia yucatana <small>Breuning, 1940</small>
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