Agathidium cortezi

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| taxon = Agathidium cortezi

| authority = Miller and Wheeler, 2005

}}

Agathidium cortezi is a species of round fungus beetles in the family Leiodidae.{{Cite web|title=Agathidium cortezi Miller, K. B. & Q. D. Wheeler 2005 - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/52755272|access-date=2021-10-17|website=eol.org}} It is named after conquistador Hernan Cortez, conqueror of the Aztec empire and colonial administrator of New Spain.{{Cite web|title=Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Etymology: People|url=https://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/people.html|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.curioustaxonomy.net}}{{Cite web|title=Thanks to BYU scientist, Bush will be linked to slime beetle|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=&itype=NGPSID|access-date=2021-10-17|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}}{{Cite book|last=Heard|first=Stephen B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-_RDwAAQBAJ|title=Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider|date=2020-03-17|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-23828-0|pages=68|language=en}}