''Zamodes obscurus'' is a species 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 ...

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 ...

, the only species in the genus ''Zamodes'', described by

John Lawrence LeConte John Lawrence LeConte MD (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomology, entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxon, taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,

in 1873 from a single specimen collected in

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, currently stored at the

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, which remains the only specimen in existence, and the species is presumed to be extinct. It belongs to the tribe

Hesperophanini Hesperophanini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae Cerambycinae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae). The subfamily has a world-wide distribution including: Asia, Europe and the Americas (with 430 species ...

Description

Original description from LeConte, 1873:NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. PREPARED FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. BY JOHN L. LECONTE, M.D. PART II (1873)
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* https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/911755371 Hesperophanini Extinct insects since 1500 Extinct animals of the United States Monotypic beetle genera Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte Extinct insect genera {{Hesperophanini-stub