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***Alethaxius*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae). It is distributed from [Mexico](/source/Mexico) to northern [South America](/source/South_America), and it is also found in the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies).[1] The genus was originally named *Aletes* by [Félicien Chapuis](/source/F%C3%A9licien_Chapuis) in 1874. However, this name was preoccupied by *Aletes* Carpenter, 1857 (in [Mollusca](/source/Mollusca)), so the genus was renamed to *Alethaxius* by [Édouard Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre) in 1885.[2] According to Flowers (1996), it is very likely that *Alethaxius* is [polyphyletic](/source/Polyphyletic) and represents at least three different genera.[3]

## Species

- *[Alethaxius acunai](/source/Alethaxius_acunai)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1947[4]
- *[Alethaxius aeneus](/source/Alethaxius_aeneus)* Bowditch, 1921[5]
- *[Alethaxius angulicollis](/source/Alethaxius_angulicollis)* ([Chapuis](/source/F%C3%A9licien_Chapuis), 1874)[6]
- *[Alethaxius annulicornis](/source/Alethaxius_annulicornis)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)
- *[Alethaxius bogotanus](/source/Alethaxius_bogotanus)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)
- *[Alethaxius bruneri](/source/Alethaxius_bruneri)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1949[7]
- *[Alethaxius callosicollis](/source/Alethaxius_callosicollis)* [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1953[1]
- *[Alethaxius chevrolati](/source/Alethaxius_chevrolati)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1891)[8][9]
- *[Alethaxius carinipennis](/source/Alethaxius_carinipennis)* Bowditch, 1921[5]
- *[Alethaxius darlingtoni](/source/Alethaxius_darlingtoni)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1945[10]
- *[Alethaxius dichrous](/source/Alethaxius_dichrous)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)[11]
- *[Alethaxius dominicae](/source/Alethaxius_dominicae)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1968[12]
- *[Alethaxius geniculatus](/source/Alethaxius_geniculatus)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1885[2]
- *[Alethaxius guatemalensis](/source/Alethaxius_guatemalensis)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)
- *[Alethaxius hispaniolae](/source/Alethaxius_hispaniolae)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1945[10]
- *[Alethaxius integer](/source/Alethaxius_integer)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1945[10]
- *[Alethaxius intricatus](/source/Alethaxius_intricatus)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)
- *[Alethaxius jacobyi](/source/Alethaxius_jacobyi)* [Weise](/source/Julius_Weise), 1913
- *[Alethaxius landolti](/source/Alethaxius_landolti)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)
- *[Alethaxius latericostatus](/source/Alethaxius_latericostatus)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1882)
- *[Alethaxius marcuzzii](/source/Alethaxius_marcuzzii)* [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1958[11]
- *[Alethaxius meliae](/source/Alethaxius_meliae)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1945[10]
- *[Alethaxius mexicanus](/source/Alethaxius_mexicanus)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)
- *[Alethaxius nigritarsis](/source/Alethaxius_nigritarsis)* [Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1892
- *[Alethaxius pallidus](/source/Alethaxius_pallidus)* Bowditch, 1921[5]
- *[Alethaxius parumpunctatus](/source/Alethaxius_parumpunctatus)* [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1953[1]
- *[Alethaxius polychromus](/source/Alethaxius_polychromus)* [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1955[13]
- *[Alethaxius prolixus](/source/Alethaxius_prolixus)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1885[2]
- *[Alethaxius pubicollis](/source/Alethaxius_pubicollis)* [Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890
- *[Alethaxius puertoricensis](/source/Alethaxius_puertoricensis)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1945[10]
- *[Alethaxius punctifer](/source/Alethaxius_punctifer)* [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1953[1]
- *[Alethaxius ruffoi](/source/Alethaxius_ruffoi)* [Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950[14]
- *[Alethaxius semicostatus](/source/Alethaxius_semicostatus)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1946[15]
- *[Alethaxius semiviridis](/source/Alethaxius_semiviridis)* [Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890
- *[Alethaxius striatulus](/source/Alethaxius_striatulus)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1886
- *[Alethaxius tortuensis](/source/Alethaxius_tortuensis)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1947[4]
- *[Alethaxius tuberculifer](/source/Alethaxius_tuberculifer)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1889
- *[Alethaxius turquinensis](/source/Alethaxius_turquinensis)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1945[10]
- *[Alethaxius vagabundus](/source/Alethaxius_vagabundus)* ([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)
- *[Alethaxius variabilis](/source/Alethaxius_variabilis)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)
- *[Alethaxius yunquensis](/source/Alethaxius_yunquensis)* [Blake](/source/Doris_Holmes_Blake), 1946[15]

Synonyms:

- *Alethaxius brevis* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1889: Moved to *[Dryadomolpus](/source/Dryadomolpus)*[16]
- *Alethaxius columbicus* [Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1901: Moved to *[Rhabdocolaspis](/source/Rhabdocolaspis)*[13]

## References

1. Bechyné, J. (1953). ["Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311) (in German). *Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey*. **4**: 26–303.

1. Lefèvre, É. (1885). ["Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27434526). *Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège*. **11** (16): 1–172. 2.

1. Flowers, R.W. (1996). ["The subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051715/http://www.sidalc.net/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/?IsisScript=oet.xis&method=post&formato=2&cantidad=1&expresion=mfn=009919). *Revista de Biología Tropical Special Publication*. **2**: 1–59. Archived from [the original](http://www.sidalc.net/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/?IsisScript=oet.xis&method=post&formato=2&cantidad=1&expresion=mfn=009919) on January 1, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2018.

1. Blake, D. H. (1947). ["New eumolpid beetles from the West Indies"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39698622). *Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences*. **37** (9): 310–312. [PMID 20260177](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20260177)

1. Bowditch, F. C. (1921). ["South American Eumolpidæ, mostly of the group Colaspini"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12120145). *[The Entomologist](/source/The_Entomologist)*. **54**: 214–216.

1. Chapuis, F. (1874). ["Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043). *Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères*. Vol. 10. Lacordaire, J.T. & Chapuis, F. (eds.). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.

1. Blake, D. H (1949). ["Notes on some West Indian Chrysomelidae"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39703679). *Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences*. **39** (11): 367–371. [JSTOR 24531327](https://www.jstor.org/stable/24531327)

1. Lefèvre, E. (1891). ["Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12304179). *Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique*. **35**: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.

1. Bechyné, J. (1957). ["Les Chrysomeloidea néotropicaus des collections du Muséum Zool. de l'Université á Helsingfors"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121308/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1957_Separata_126.pdf). *Notulae Entomologicae*. **37**: 53–57. Archived from [the original](http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1957_Separata_126.pdf) on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

1. Blake, D. H. (1945). ["Six new species of beetles of a eumolpid genus new to the West Indies"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39700995). *Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences*. **35** (10): 323–327. [JSTOR 24531081](https://www.jstor.org/stable/24531081)

1. Bechyné, J. (1958). ["Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121240/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1958_Separata_136.pdf). *Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey*. **9**: 478–706. Archived from [the original](http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1958_Separata_136.pdf) on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

1. Blake, D. H. (1968). ["Ten new chrysomelid beetles from Dominica and Jamaica"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16262065). *[Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Entomological_Society_of_Washington)*. **70** (1): 60–67.

1. Bechyné, J. (1955). ["Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Sudamerika: Eumolpidae"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190119175740/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1955_Separata_107.pdf). *Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey*. **6**: 569–657. Archived from [the original](http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1955_Separata_107.pdf) on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

1. Bechyné, J. (1950). ["Nuovi Eumolpidi Sud - Americani"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174310/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1950_Separata_63.pdf). *Memorie del Museo Civico di Storie Naturale di Verona*. **2**: 99–106. Archived from [the original](http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1950_Separata_63.pdf) on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

1. Blake, D. H. (1946). ["Seven new species of West Indian Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16129919). *[Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Entomological_Society_of_Washington)*. **48** (5): 111–119.

1. Bechyné, J. (1997). ["Evaluación de los datos sobre los Phytophaga dañinos en Venezuela (Coleoptera). Parte I"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180623004945/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/LibroAzulParte01.pdf). *Boletín de Entomología Venezolana*. **1**: 1–278. Serie Monografias. Savini, V. (ed.). Archived from [the original](http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/LibroAzulParte01.pdf) on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

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