{{short description|Genus of beetle}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Aegithus |image=Aegithus rufipennis.jpg |image_caption=''Aegithus rufipennis'' on a leaf in Honduras |authority=Fabricius, 1801 }} ''Aegithus'' is a genus of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae.<ref name=GBIF>{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4719556|title=Aegithus Fabricus, 1801|website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref><ref name=iNat>{{cite web|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/251108-Aegithus|title=Genus Aegithus|website=iNaturalist|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref> ==Taxonomy== ''Aegithus'' contains the following 45 described species:<ref name=iNat/><ref name=BioLib>{{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id695387/|title=Aegithus|website=BioLib|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
* ''Aegithus rufipennis'' * ''Aegithus clavicornis''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus quadrinotatus'' * ''Aegithus melaspis'' * ''Aegithus cardinalis'' * ''Aegithus burmeisteri'' * ''Aegithus politus'' * ''Aegithus punctatissimus''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus monochrous'' * ''Aegithus meridionalis'' * ''Aegithus sanguinans'' * ''Aegithus maculicollis'' * ''Aegithus stillatus'' * ''Aegithus varicollis'' * ''Aegithus cribrosus'' * ''Aegithus bicolor'' * ''Aegithus gorhami'' * ''Aegithus cyanipennis'' * ''Aegithus chalybeus'' * ''Aegithus bartletti'' * ''Aegithus clathraticollis'' * ''Aegithus olivaceipennis'' * ''Aegithus bourcieri'' * ''Aegithus jansoni'' * ''Aegithus walkenaeri'' * ''Aegithus nigrocinctus'' * ''Aegithus schenklingi'' * ''Aegithus dubius'' * ''Aegithus cinctipennis'' * ''Aegithus bulla''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus hemisphaericus''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus lateritius''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus suturella''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus torquatus''<ref name="GBIF" /> * ''Aegithus abruptus'' * ''Aegithus circumfusus'' * ''Aegithus consularis'' * ''Aegithus dohrni'' * ''Aegithus hogei'' * ''Aegithus inflatus'' * ''Aegithus luteus'' * ''Aegithus nigrocinctus'' * ''Aegithus satellitius'' * ''Aegithus striatellus'' * ''Aegithus trilineatus'' * ''Aegithus uva''
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Erotylidae-stub}}
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Category:Beetles described in 1801 Category:Erotylidae Category:Polyphaga genera