''Zonopterus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described.
Most species are characterized by anten ...
. Like most members in the tribe
Callichromatini
Callichromatini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae, which includes the following genera:
Genera
These 148 genera belong to the tribe Callichromatini:
* '' Agaleptoides'' Lepesme, 1956
* '' Agaleptus'' Gahan, 1904
* '' Amblyonti ...
, species in the genus are brightly coloured with bands across the elytra. Most species in the genus are restricted to Southeast Asia with one species occurring in the Western Ghats of South Asia which is closely related to the type species ''Zonopterus flavitarsis'' from the eastern Himalayas. The genus was named by Frederick William Hope using the Greek roots
ζώνη for belt describing the insect as "belted winged".
Species in the genus include:
* ''
Zonopterus scabricollis''
* ''
Zonopterus consanguineus''
* ''
Zonopterus corbetti''
* ''
Zonopterus flavitarsis''
* ''
Zonopterus redemanni''
* ''
Zonopterus rugosus''
References
Callichromatini
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