# Aegithus

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{{short description|Genus of beetle}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Aegithus
|image=Aegithus rufipennis.jpg
|image_caption=''Aegithus rufipennis'' on a leaf in Honduras
|authority=[Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1801
}}
''Aegithus'' is a genus of [pleasing fungus beetle](/source/pleasing_fungus_beetle) in the family [Erotylidae](/source/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==
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Category:Beetles described in 1801
Category:Erotylidae
Category:Polyphaga genera

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