Zabrotes

Zabrotes
Zabrotes subfasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Bruchinae
Tribe:	Amblycerini
Genus:	Zabrotes Horn, 1885

Zabrotes is a genus of pea and bean weevils in the beetle family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Zabrotes.^[1][2][3] They feed mostly on seeds in the family Fabaceae.^[4]

Zabrotes subfasciatus

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Zabrotes:

• Zabrotes amplissimus Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes arenarius (Wolcott, 1912)
• Zabrotes bexarensis Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes chandleri Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes chavesi Kingsolver, 1980
• Zabrotes cruciger Horn, 1885
• Zabrotes cynthiae Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes densus Horn, 1885
• Zabrotes eldenensis Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes guerrerensis Romero & Johnson, 2000
• Zabrotes humboldtae Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes moctezuma Romero & Johnson, 2000
• Zabrotes obliteratus Horn, 1885
• Zabrotes planifrons Horn, 1885
• Zabrotes sinaloensis Romero & Johnson, 2000
• Zabrotes spectabilis Horn, 1885
• Zabrotes stephani Kingsolver, 1990
• Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman, 1833) (Mexican bean weevil)
• Zabrotes subnitens (Horn, 1885)
• Zabrotes sylvestris Romero & Johnson, 1999
• Zabrotes victoriensis Kingsolver, 1990

References

1. "Zabrotes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Zabrotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Zabrotes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Romero, Jesús; Johnson, Clarence Dan (2000). "Revision of the Genus Zabrotes Horn of Mexico (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Amblycerinae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 126 (2). American Entomological Society: 221–274. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25078712. Retrieved 2025-08-24.

External links

• Media related to Zabrotes at Wikimedia Commons