Hyporhagus
| Hyporhagus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Zopheridae |
| Subfamily: | Zopherinae |
| Genus: | Hyporhagus Thomson, 1860 |
Hyporhagus is a genus of opossum beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 6 described species in Hyporhagus.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
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
References
- ↑ "Hyporhagus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ↑ "Hyporhagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ↑ "Hyporhagus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ↑ Skelley, Paul E. (2009): Pleasing fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae). Insect.Mund. 82: 1-94. PDF fulltext
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; M. C. Thomas; P. E. Skelley; J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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