Ataxia (beetle)

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 (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