Aegithus is a genus of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae.[1][2]

Aegithus
Aegithus rufipennis on a leaf in Honduras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Aegithus
Fabricius, 1801

Taxonomy edit

Aegithus contains the following 45 described species:[2][3]

  • Aegithus rufipennis
  • Aegithus clavicornis[1]
  • Aegithus quadrinotatus
  • Aegithus melaspis
  • Aegithus cardinalis
  • Aegithus burmeisteri
  • Aegithus politus
  • Aegithus punctatissimus[1]
  • 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[1]
  • Aegithus hemisphaericus[1]
  • Aegithus lateritius[1]
  • Aegithus suturella[1]
  • Aegithus torquatus[1]
  • 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 edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Aegithus Fabricus, 1801". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Genus Aegithus". iNaturalist. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Aegithus". BioLib. Retrieved January 30, 2024.