Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Home Research Hub dataZone Galapagos Species Database

Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman, 1833)

Escarabajo, Mexican bean weevil

Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman 1833 (ICCDRS 9531) Photo: Ashley Sheridan, CDF, 2011.
Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman 1833 (ICCDRS 9531) Photo: Ashley Sheridan, CDF, 2011.

Herbivore; transition, humid forest, humid shrub and agriculture zones; March–June; FIT; a stored products pest, infesting Phaseolus beans; caught widely in malaise and flight traps on Isabela and Santa Cruz so it has probably become established in native habitats.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea

Family
Bruchidae

Genus
Zabrotes

Species
subfasciatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1985

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Food contaminant

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz, Isabela

References

  • Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
  • Kingsolver, J.M. Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. (2001) Bruchidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Islands with new host and locality records, new synonyms, and descriptions of two new species. Insecta Mundi 15: 19–30.
  • Peck, S.B. Kukalová-Peck, J. (1990) Origin and biogeography of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 68(8): 1617-1638.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.
  • Amarillo-Suarez Angela R.,Camacho-Erazo, Mariana, Morse, Geoffrey, Rueda, Danny, and Herrera, Henri W. (2020) New Distribution Records and Host Plant Associations of Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Galapagos Islands, with a Revised Checklist of Species and their Associated Host Plants The Coleopterists Bulletin, 74(4): 719–723.

You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.

This page should be cited as follows:

"Galapagos Species Database, Zabrotes subfasciatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7066. Accessed 10 March 2025.