Athous curtus is a species of click beetle of the family Elateridae endemic to the Western Caucasus.

The species is yellowish-brown in colour with tight top and bottom and golden hair.

The tips of the rear angle of the prothorax and its sensor are short.

The species' prothorax is dense and punctured just like its pronotum, while its scutellum is almost oval-shaped and is long and wide.

Its convex is almost flat and is densely punctured while the covering of the hind legs is narrow.