Zamodes
Sign in to saveZamodes obscurus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae and the only species in the genus Zamodes. It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1873 from a single specimen collected in Pennsylvania that is currently stored at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. This is the only specimen in existence, and the species is presumed to be extinct. It belongs to the tribe Hesperophanini.
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Vinony files it under Extinct animals of the United States, Extinct insect genera and Extinct insects since 1500.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hesperophanini
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- Zamodes
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Zamodes obscurus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae and the only species in the genus Zamodes. It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1873 from a single specimen collected in Pennsylvania that is currently stored at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. This is the only specimen in existence, and the species is presumed to be extinct. It belongs to the tribe Hesperophanini.
== Description == Original description from LeConte, 1873:
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