''Alethaxius'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

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. It is distributed from

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to northern

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, and it is also found in the

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. The genus was originally named ''Aletes'' by

Félicien Chapuis Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgium, Belgian Physician, doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera and finished the text of ''Genera des coléoptères'' by Jean Théodore Lacordaire, Théodore Lacordai ...

in 1874. However, this name was preoccupied by ''Aletes'' Carpenter, 1857 (in

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), so the genus was renamed to ''Alethaxius'' by

Édouard Lefèvre Édouard Lefèvre (22 January 183917 June 1894) was a French botanist and later entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front p ...

in 1885. According to Flowers (1996), it is very likely that ''Alethaxius'' is

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and represents at least three different genera.

Species

* '' Alethaxius acunai''

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, 1947 * '' Alethaxius aeneus'' Bowditch, 1921 * '' Alethaxius angulicollis'' ( Chapuis, 1874) * '' Alethaxius annulicornis'' (

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, 1878) * '' Alethaxius bogotanus'' (

, 1878) * '' Alethaxius bruneri''

, 1949 * '' Alethaxius callosicollis'' Bechyné, 1953 * '' Alethaxius chevrolati'' (

, 1891) * '' Alethaxius carinipennis'' Bowditch, 1921 * '' Alethaxius darlingtoni''

, 1945 * '' Alethaxius dichrous'' (

, 1878) * '' Alethaxius dominicae''

, 1968 * '' Alethaxius geniculatus''

, 1885 * '' Alethaxius guatemalensis'' ( Jacoby, 1881) * '' Alethaxius hispaniolae''

, 1945 * '' Alethaxius integer''

, 1945 * '' Alethaxius intricatus'' (

, 1878) * '' Alethaxius jacobyi''

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, 1913 * '' Alethaxius landolti'' (

, 1878) * '' Alethaxius latericostatus'' (

, 1882) * '' Alethaxius marcuzzii'' Bechyné, 1958 * '' Alethaxius meliae''

, 1945 * '' Alethaxius mexicanus'' ( Jacoby, 1881) * '' Alethaxius nigritarsis'' Jacoby, 1892 * '' Alethaxius pallidus'' Bowditch, 1921 * '' Alethaxius parumpunctatus'' Bechyné, 1953 * '' Alethaxius polychromus'' Bechyné, 1955 * '' Alethaxius prolixus''

, 1885 * '' Alethaxius pubicollis'' Jacoby, 1890 * '' Alethaxius puertoricensis''

, 1945 * '' Alethaxius punctifer'' Bechyné, 1953 * '' Alethaxius ruffoi'' Bechyné, 1950 * '' Alethaxius semicostatus''

, 1946 * '' Alethaxius semiviridis'' Jacoby, 1890 * '' Alethaxius striatulus''

, 1886 * '' Alethaxius tortuensis''

, 1947 * '' Alethaxius tuberculifer''

, 1889 * '' Alethaxius turquinensis''

, 1945 * '' Alethaxius vagabundus'' (

, 1878) * '' Alethaxius variabilis'' ( Jacoby, 1881) * '' Alethaxius yunquensis''

, 1946 Synonyms: * ''Alethaxius brevis''

, 1889: Moved to '' Dryadomolpus'' * ''Alethaxius columbicus'' Jacoby, 1901: Moved to '' Rhabdocolaspis''

References

Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of North America Beetles of South America Insects of the Caribbean Taxa named by Édouard Lefèvre {{Eumolpinae-stub