Zabrotes subfasciatus (Mexican bean beetle)

Interactions where Zabrotes subfasciatus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc
larva	larva feeds within seed	Cicer arietinum	Chick Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cicer arietinum/	Cicer arietinum	chick pea	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Cicer arietinum	Chick Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cicer arietinum/	Cicer arietinum	chick pea	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Glycine max	Soyabean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Glycine max/	Glycine max	soyabean	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Glycine max	Soyabean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Glycine max/	Glycine max	soyabean	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Phaseolus coccineus	Runner Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus coccineus/	Phaseolus coccineus	runner bean	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Phaseolus coccineus	Runner Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus coccineus/	Phaseolus coccineus	runner bean	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Phaseolus vulgaris	French Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus vulgaris/	Phaseolus vulgaris	french bean	seed	Major	Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Phaseolus vulgaris	French Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus vulgaris/	Phaseolus vulgaris	french bean	seed	Major	Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
larva	larva feeds within seed	Pisum sativum var sativum	Garden Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Pisum sativum var. sativum/	Pisum sativum var. sativum	garden pea	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Pisum sativum var sativum	Garden Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Pisum sativum var. sativum/	Pisum sativum var. sativum	garden pea	seed
larva	larva feeds within seed	Vicia faba	Broad Bean, Field Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia faba/	Vicia faba	broad bean, field bean	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Vicia faba	Broad Bean, Field Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia faba/	Vicia faba	broad bean, field bean	seed

Interactions where Zabrotes subfasciatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Stage	Summary
adult is predated by	Pyemotes ventricosus	Hay Itch Mite	Trombidiformes: Pyemotidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Pyemotidae/Pyemotes ventricosus/	Pyemotes ventricosus	hay itch mite			Animal / predator	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	adult	is predator of adult
larva is parasitoid host of larva	Eupelmus orientalis	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus orientalis/	Eupelmus orientalis	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	larva is parasitoid of larva
larva is parasitoid host of larva	Anisopteromalus calandrae	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Anisopteromalus calandrae/	Anisopteromalus calandrae	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	larva is parasitoid of larva
larva is parasitoid host of larva	Dinarmus colemani	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Dinarmus colemani/	Dinarmus colemani	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	larva is parasitoid of larva
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva	Uscana mukerjii	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Uscana mukerjii/	Uscana mukerjii	a chalcid wasp	solitary	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	egg	solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
larva is parasitoid host of larva	Heterospilus prosopidis	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Heterospilus prosopidis/	Heterospilus prosopidis	a death wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Zabrotes subfasciatus/	Zabrotes subfasciatus	Mexican bean beetle	larva	larva is parasitoid of larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Cox, M.L., 2007	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm

Zabrotes subfasciatus (Mexican Bean Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Zabrotes subfasciatus (Mexican Bean Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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Species	Zabrotes subfasciatus (Mexican Bean Beetle)
Subfamily	AMBLYCERINAE (Mexican bean weevils)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman, 1833)
(Mexican Bean Beetle)

Interactions where Zabrotes subfasciatus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Zabrotes subfasciatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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