Zamodes Explained

Zamodes obscurus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Zamodes, described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1873 from a single specimen collected in Pennsylvania, currently stored at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, which remains the only specimen in existence, and the species is presumed to be extinct. It belongs to the tribe Hesperophanini.[1]

Description

Original description from LeConte, 1873:[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Yanega, D. (1996) Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Illinois Natural History Survey.
  2. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/23105/SMC_11_LeConte_1873_5_169-240.pdf NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. PREPARED FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. BY JOHN L. LECONTE, M.D. PART II (1873)