Zabrus

Zabrus is a genus of ground beetles. They are, unusually for ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores, and Zabrus tenebrioides can become a pest in cereal fields.^[2]

Zabrus
Zabrus spinipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Pterostichinae
Tribe:	Zabrini
Subtribe:	Zabrina Bonelli, 1810
Genus:	Zabrus Clairville, 1806
Type species
Carabus gibbus (= Carabus tenebrioides Goeze, 1777) Fabricius, 1794[1]

Subgenera

The following are subgenera of Zabrus:^[3][4][5][6]

• Aulacozabrus Ganglbauer^[7]
• Cantabrozabrus Anichtchenko & Ruiz-Tapiador, 2008^[5]
• Craspedozabrus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Epomidozabrus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Euryzabrus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Eutroctes Zimmermann, 1831
• Himalayozabrus Andújar & Serrano, 2000^[4]
• Iberozabrus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Italozabrus Andújar & Serrano, 2000^[4]
• Lobozabrus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Macarozabrus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Pelor Bonelli, 1810
• Platyzabrus Jeanne, 1968
• Polysitus Zimmermann, 1831
• Zabrus Clairville, 1806

Species

Zabrus contains the following species:^[8]

• Zabrus aciculatus Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus aegaeus Apfelbeck, 1904
• Zabrus aetolus Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus albanicus Apfelbeck, 1904
• Zabrus ambiguus Rambur, 1838
• Zabrus anatolicus Ganglbauer, 1915
• Zabrus angustatus Rambur, 1838
• Zabrus angusticollis Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus apfelbecki Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus arragonensis Heyden, 1883
• Zabrus asiaticus Laporte, 1834
• Zabrus aurichalceus M. F. Adams, 1817
• Zabrus balcanicus Heyden, 1883
• Zabrus bischoffi J. Müller, 1936
• Zabrus bodemeyeri Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus boldorii Schatzmayr, 1943
• Zabrus brevicollis Schaum, 1857
• Zabrus brondelii Reiche, 1872
• Zabrus cameranus Arribas, 1994
• Zabrus canaricus Machado, 1992
• Zabrus castroi Martinez y Saez, 1873
• Zabrus chalceus Faldermann, 1836
• Zabrus chiosanus Reitter, 1889
• Zabrus coiffaiti Jeanne, 1970
• Zabrus consanguineus Chevrolat, 1865
• Zabrus constrictus Graells, 1858
• Zabrus corpulentus Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus costae Heyden, 1891
• Zabrus crassus Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus curtus (Audinet-Serville, 1821)
• Zabrus damascenus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855
• Zabrus deflexicollis Fairmaire, 1880
• Zabrus distinctus H. Lucas, 1842^[9]
• Zabrus estrellanus Heyden, 1880
• Zabrus farctus C. Zimmermann, 1831
• Zabrus femoratus Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus flavangulus Chevrolat, 1840
• Zabrus foveipennis Heyden, 1883
• Zabrus foveolatus Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus fuentei Anichtchenko & Ruiz-Tapiador, 2008^[5]
• Zabrus galicianus Jeanne, 1970
• Zabrus ganglbaueri Apfelbeck, 1906
• Zabrus gibbulus Jeanne, 1985
• Zabrus graecus Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus gravis Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus guildensis Alluaud, 1932
• Zabrus hellenicus Heyden, 1883
• Zabrus helopioides Reiche & Saulcy, 1855
• Zabrus heydeni Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus hiekei Anichtchenko & Gueorguiev, 2009^[10]
• Zabrus humeralis Uhagon, 1904
• Zabrus iconiensis Ganglbauer, 1905
• Zabrus idaeus Schweiger, 1968
• Zabrus ignavus Csiki, 1907
• Zabrus incrassatus (Ahrens, 1814)
• Zabrus inflatus Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus jurjurae Peyerimhoff, 1908
• Zabrus kurdistanicus Freude, 1989
• Zabrus laevicollis Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus laevigatus C. Zimmermann, 1831
• Zabrus laticollis Apfelbeck, 1904
• Zabrus laurae Toribio, 1989
• Zabrus lycius Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus malloryi Andrewes, 1930
• Zabrus marginicollis Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus maroccanus Reiche, 1864
• Zabrus martensi Freude, 1986
• Zabrus mateui Novoa, 1980
• Zabrus melancholicus Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus morio Mandrias, 1832
• Zabrus notabilis Martinez y Saez, 1873
• Zabrus obesus (Audinet-Serville, 1821)
• Zabrus oertzeni Reitter, 1885
• Zabrus orsinii Dejean, 1831
• Zabrus ovalis Fairmaire, 1859
• Zabrus ovipennis Chaudoir, 1844
• Zabrus pecoudi Colas, 1942
• Zabrus pentheri Ganglbauer, 1905
• Zabrus peristericus Apfelbeck, 1904
• Zabrus pinguis Dejean, 1831
• Zabrus poggii Freude, 2002
• Zabrus politus Gautier des Cottes, 1869
• Zabrus potanini Semenov, 1889
• Zabrus prietoi Ruiz-Tapiador & Anichtchenko, 2008^[5]
• Zabrus przewalskii Semenov, 1889
• Zabrus puncticeps Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus punctifrons Fairmaire, 1866
• Zabrus punctiventris Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus reflexus Schaum, 1862
• Zabrus rhodopensis Apfelbeck, 1904
• Zabrus robustus C.Zimmermann, 1831
• Zabrus rotundatus Rambur, 1838
• Zabrus rotundicollis Ménétries, 1836
• Zabrus rugulosus Kraatz, 1884
• Zabrus segnis Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus seidlitzi Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus semipunctatus Fairmaire, 1859
• Zabrus seriatus Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus silphoides Dejean, 1828
• Zabrus skoupyi Hejkal, 2011^[11]
• Zabrus socialis Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus socialis Schaum, 1864
• Zabrus spectabilis Hampe, 1852
• Zabrus spinipes (Fabricius, 1798)
• Zabrus sublaevis Ménétries, 1836
• Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze, 1777)
• Zabrus tenuestriatus Fairmaire, 1884
• Zabrus theveneti Chevrolat, 1874
• Zabrus toelgi Breit, 1926
• Zabrus trinii (Fischer von Waldheim, 1817)
• Zabrus tumidus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855
• Zabrus uhagoni Ruiz-Tapiador & Anichtchenko, 2008^[5]
• Zabrus urbionensis Jeanne, 1970
• Zabrus validus Schaum, 1862
• Zabrus vasconicus Uhagon, 1904
• Zabrus vaulogeri Ganglbauer, 1915^[7]
• Zabrus ventricosus (C.Zimmermann, 1831)
• Zabrus vignai Freude, 1990

References

1. Guéorguiev, V. B.; Guéorguiev, B. V. (1995). Catalogue of the Ground-beetles of Bulgaria (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. pp. 166–168. ISBN 9789546420039.
2. "Le zabre des céréales". Wikiagri.fr (in French). 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
3. Löbl, Ivan; Löbl, Daniel (2017). Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1 (Revised and Updated ed.). ISBN 9789004330290.
4. Andújar, A.; Serrano, J. (2000). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Zabrus (Coleóptera, Carabidae, Zabrini" (PDF). Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología. 24 (1–2): 185–193.
5. Anichtchenko, A.V.; Ruiz-Tapiador, I. (2008). "Taxonomic considerations on the genus Zabrus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Iberian Peninsula". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 4 (1): 63–77. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2008-4-1-63-77.
6. Kryzanovskij, O. L.; Belousov, I. A.; Kabak, I.I.; Kataev, B. M.; Makarov, K. V.; Shilenkov, V. G. (1995). A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. p. 133. ISBN 9789546420046.
7. Ganglbauer, L. (1915). "Revision der Gattung Zabrus Clairv" (PDF). Münchener Koleopterologische Zeitschrift. 4: 87–137.
8. "Zabrus Clairville, 1806". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
9. Lucas, H. (1842). "Aperçu des espèces nouvelles d'Insectes qui se trouvent dans nos possessions françaises du nord de l'Afrique". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 2. 18: 60–64.
10. Anichtchenko, A.; Guéorguiev, B. (2009). "Taxonomic notes on Pelor Bonelli, with description of a new species from Greece (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zabrini)" (PDF). Biologia. 64 (5): 937–941. doi:10.2478/s11756-009-0144-1. S2CID 45824717.
11. Hejkal, J. (2011). "Zabrus (Pelor) skoupyi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Greece" (PDF). Klapalekiana. 47: 21–28.

Further reading

• Ortuño, Vicente M.; Serrano, José; Andújar, Antonio; Lencina, José l. (2003). "The female genitalia of the genus Zabrus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zabrini). I. The general structure and the subgenera Zabrus, Euryzabrus, Platyzabrus and Epomidozabrus" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 100 (1): 115–121. doi:10.14411/eje.2003.020.
• Sánchez-Gea, José-Fermín; Galián, José; Serrano, José (2004). "Phylogeny of Iberian Zabrus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zabrini) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 101 (4): 503–511. doi:10.14411/eje.2004.071.

External links

• Zabrus tenebrioides