Hyporhagus is a genus of opossum beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 6 described species in Hyporhagus.
Overall, they look less like "typical" opossum beetles than certain pleasing fungus beetles (family Erotylidae), which belong to another branch of Cucujiformia however. The presumed pleasing fungus beetles of genus Mycotretus and Tritoma collected by J.A.Ramos on Isla de Mona near Puerto Rico in the early 20th century turned out to be Hyporhagus.Skelley, Paul E. (2009): Pleasing fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae). Insect.Mund. 82: 1-94. PDF fulltext
Species Hyporhagus gilensis Horn, 1872 Hyporhagus leechi Freude, 1955 Hyporhagus opaculus LeConte, 1866 Hyporhagus pseudogilensis Freude, 1955 Hyporhagus punctulatus Thomson, 1860 Hyporhagus valdepunctatus Thomson, 1860
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