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 [1]

Zabrotes is a genus of pea and bean weevils in the beetle family Chrysomelidae. ^{[2] [3] [4]} They feed mostly on seeds in the family Fabaceae. ^[5]

Zabrotes subfasciatus

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Zabrotes: ^{[2] [5]}

• 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. Horn, George H. (1885). "Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United States (No 4.)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 12: 128–162 [156]. doi:10.2307/25076454.
2. "Zabrotes Horn, 1885". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
3. "Zabrotes Horn, 1885". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
4. "Zabrotes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
5. 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): 221–274. JSTOR   25078712.

External links

• Media related to Zabrotes at Wikimedia Commons