| Aegithus | |
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| Aegithus burmeisteri from Manu National Park, Peru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Genus: | Aegithus Fabricius, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Chrysomela clavicornis Linnaeus, 1758
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| Synonyms | |
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Aegithomimus Mader, 1942 | |
Aegithus is a neotropical genus of pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae) in subfamily Erotylinae.12
These beetles are large by their family's standards, and have a rounded "hump-backed" shape as adults; overall, they resemble a large plump species of ladybeetle. Their antennae are clubbed at the tips.While many species have the yellowish-and-black coloration often seen in pleasing fungus beetles, some show, more unusually for this family, bright red colors.
Among their subfamily, they seem to be a rather ancient lineage retaining many ancestral traits, such as a general lack of complicated color patterns (zigzag bands or eyespots) and larvae which feed singly on polypore fungi.3
Species
Aegithus contains some 75 described species:2415
- Aegithus abruptus Casey, 1916
- Aegithus andreae Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus armitagei Gorham, 1889
- Aegithus assimilis Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus bartletti Gorham, 1889
- Aegithus bicolor Kirsch, 1865
- Aegithus binarius Casey, 1916
- Aegithus bourcieri Guérin-Méneville, 1855
- Aegithus brunnipennis Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus bulla Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus burmeisteri Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus cardinalis Chevrolat, 1834
- Aegithus chalybeus (Duponchel, 1825)
- Aegithus cinctipennis (Duponchel, 1825)
- Aegithus circumfusus Kuhnt, 1908
- Aegithus clathraticollis Mader, 1942
- Aegithus clavicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aegithus consularis Guérin-Méneville, 1855
- Aegithus cordatus Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus cretaceus Guérin, 1956
- Aegithus cribrosus Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus cyanipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1841
- Aegithus decoloratus Kuhnt, 1910
- Aegithus dichrous Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus dohrni Mader, 1942
- Aegithus dubius Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus duplicatus Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus ecuadorianus Mader, 1942
- Aegithus flavolineatus Mader, 1943
- Aegithus geminatus Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus globulus Achard, 1926
- Aegithus gorhami Alvarenga, 1977
- Aegithus grammicus Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus hemisphaericus Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus hogei Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus inflatus Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus jansoni Crotch, 1873
- Aegithus lateritius Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus leachi Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus lebasi Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus lineatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Aegithus lineola Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus luridus Kuhnt, 1908
- Aegithus luteus Erichson, 1847
- Aegithus maculicollis (Duponchel, 1825)
- Aegithus melaspis Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus meridionalis Crotch, 1873
- Aegithus mesosternalis Kuhnt, 1908
- Aegithus monochrous Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus multistriatus Mader, 1942
- Aegithus nigrocinctus Erichson, 1847
- Aegithus olivaceipennis Mader, 1942
- Aegithus ornaticollis Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus pallidus Kuhnt, 1908
- Aegithus politissimus Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus politus Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus punctatissimus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Aegithus quadrimaculatus Gistel, 1848
- Aegithus quadrinotatus Chevrolat, 1834
- Aegithus rhombifer Casey, 1916
- Aegithus rubriventris Kuhnt, 1908
- Aegithus rufipennis Chevrolat, 1834
- Aegithus sanguinans Dohrn, 1880
- Aegithus satellitius Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus schenklingi Mader, 1942
- Aegithus scurra Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus stillatus Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus striatellus Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus strigicollis Gorham, 1888
- Aegithus suturella Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus torquatus Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus trilineatus Kuhnt, 1908
- Aegithus truncatus Crotch, 1876
- Aegithus uva Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus varicollis Lacordaire, 1842
- Aegithus walkenaeri Lacordaire, 1842
References
References
- "Aegithus Fabricus, 1801". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- "Genus Aegithus". iNaturalist. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- Robertson, James A.; McHugh, Joseph V. & Whiting, Michael F. (2004): A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy. Syst.Entomol. 29(2): 173-187. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00242.x PDF fulltext
- "Aegithus". BioLib. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- Alvarenga, Moacyr (1994): Catálogo dos Erotylidae (Coleoptera) Neotropicais. [Catalogue of Neotropical Erotylidae (Coleoptera). Portuguese with English abstract.] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 11(1): 1-175. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751994000100001.