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
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list of Ataxia-species gallery of Ataxia-species