John A. Chemsak (1932-2007)

chemsakJohn Chemsak obtained his B.S. and M.S. in entomology at Pennsylvania State University in the mid-1950s. After developing an interest in longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), he came to the University of California, Berkeley where he had corresponded with E.G. Linsley, the department chair of Entomology and Parasitology, and a specialist in cerambycid systematics. He worked closely with Linsley as his graduate student at UC Berkeley, completely revising the first five volumes of Linsley’s monograph on North American species of longhorn beetles. John conducted his Ph.D. research on the taxonomy and binomics of the genus Tetraopes in the early 1960s.

He spent the next five years working as a postdoctoral assistant research entomologist on National Science Foundation funding with Linsley, then dean of the College of Agriculture. During that time, they laid the foundation for the remaining five volumes of The Cerambycidae of North America, which were completed by Chemsak and published during the succeeding 30 years (1972-1997).

In 1967, Chemsak was reclassified as an associate specialist, and later specialist, with a 50 percent commitment to the California Insect Survey (CIS), a project in the Agricultural Experiment Station, a position he occupied for 32 years. He was a curator in the Essig Museum of Entomology and co-principal investigator on the CIS project and carried out a highly productive research program on systematics of Cerambycidae, especially of Mexico and Central America. He produced about 175 publications , in which he and coauthors described about 570 species new to science and proposed 64 new genera and one new tribe. In acknowledgement of his contributions to entomology, he has also had 40 species of insect named after him, not surprisingly, 26 of them have been beetles.

After he retired in 1994, he continued an active field and research program, with repeated expeditions to Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica in his quest for longhorn beetles, while also collecting other insects extensively. In the 40 years he was associated with the Essig museum, John Chemsak greatly expanded the museum’s Mexican and Central American collection through his hard work and dedication.

PUBLICATIONS

Chemsak, J.A. 1954. Effective control with modern equipment. Penn State Farmer, Forester, and Scientist: 4,16.

Chemsak, J.A. 1957. Use of polyethylene bags for inactivating sweep samples. Journal of Economic Entomology 50(4):523.

Chemsak, J.A. 1958. Rearing records for some California Cerambycidae. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 34(1):41-42.

Chemsak, J.A. 1958. An attractant for two species of Cerambycidae. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 34(1):42.

Chemsak, J.A. 1959. Descriptions of some new Cerambycidae from Mexico and southwestern United States (Coleoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 32(3):111-114.

Chemsak, J.A. 1959. Two new North American species of Anelaphus Linsley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 35(3):165-166.

Chemsak, J.A. 1959. A new genus of Mexican Cerambycidae related to Crossidius (Coleoptera). Entomological News 70(5):131-133.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1959. Some new species and subspecies of Crossidius from western North America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 32(4):176-183.

Powell, J.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1959. Some biological observations on Philanthus politus pacificus Cresson (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 32(3):115-120.

Powell, J.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1959. Biological observations on Psammaecius adornatus (Bradley) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 35(4):195-201.

Chemsak, J.A. 1960. A new species of Aneflomorpha Casey associated with citrus in Arizona (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 36(3):149-150.

Chemsak, J.A. 1961. A new species of Purpuricenus from Texas (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 37(3):183-184.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1961. A distributional and taxonomic study of the genus Crossidius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Entomological Society of America Miscellaneous Publications 3(2):26-54.

Chemsak, J.A. 1962. New North American species of Elaphidionine Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 38(2):103-112.

Chemsak, J.A. 1962. Observations on the habits of larvae and adults of Callidium texanum Schaeffer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 35(3): 321-323.

Chemsak, J.A. and R.W. Thorp. 1962. Note on the sleeping habit of males of Melissodes robustior Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 38(1):53-55.

Chemsak, J.A. 1963. Taxonomy and bionomics of the genus Tetraopes (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 30(1):1-90.

Chemsak, J.A. 1963. Some new North American Callidiini with notes on the synonymy of Pronocera Motschulsky and Gonocallus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 39(1):37-41.

Chemsak, J.A. 1963. Synopsis of the genus Ancylocera in Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 36(2): 104-109.

Chemsak, J.A. 1963. Observations on the adult behavior of Xylotrechus nauticus (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 39(3):213-214.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1963. The North American genera related to Gaurotes with a key to the Mexican component species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 39(2): 81-87.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1963. The genera of Hesperophanine Cerambycidae presently known from Mexico, with descriptions of several new species (Coleoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 36(4):207-230.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1963. A new genus and two new species of Mexican Elaphidionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Entomological News 74(4): 85-88.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1963. Synopsis of the known Mexican species of Aneflus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 58:80-96.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1963. Some new North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 39(3):207-212.

Chemsak, J.A. 1964. Introduced European Cerambycid. Proceedings Pacific CoastEntomological Society, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(1):62.

Chemsak, J.A. 1964. Immature habits of Callidiini with a description of the New California Callidium (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(3): 187-190.

Chemsak, J.A. 1964. Type species of generic names applied to North American Lepturinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(4):231-237.

Chemsak, J.A. 1964. A new species of Mexican Ancylocera with records of others (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Entomological News 75(4):108-110.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1964. Methiine Cerambycidae of Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 72:40-61.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1964. Descriptions and records of Hesperophanini, with keys to the species of Anatinomma and Amphelictus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 37(3): 216-226.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1964. Description and records of Mexican Methiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(3): 158-161.

Chemsak, J.A. and J.A. Powell. 1964. Observations on the larval habits of some Callidiini with special reference to Callidiellum cupressi (Van Dyke) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 37(2): 119-122.

Thorp, R.W. and J.A. Chemsak. 1964. Biological observations on Melissodes (Eumelissodes) pallidisignata (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(2): 75-83.

Chemsak, J.A. 1965. A native cerambycid in an imported host plant. Proceedings Pacific Coast Entomological Society, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 41(1):69.

Chemsak, J.A. 1965. Habits of Phymatodes decussates decussatus (LeConte). Proceedings Pacific Coast Entomological Society, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 41(1):71.

Chemsak, J.A. 1965. Notes on the habits of Trichoderes pini Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 41(2):93-95.

Chemsak, J.A. 1965. A new subspecies of Oeme costata, with observations on the habits of larvae and adults (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 38(4):351-355.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1965. The elaphidionine subgenus Protaneflus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 67(1):24-28.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1965. New genera and species of North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 41(3):141-153.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1965. A revised key to the species of Elytroleptus with notes on variation and geographical distribution (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 41(3):193-199.

Chemsak, J.A. 1966. Descriptions and records of West Indian Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 118(3526):209-220.

Chemsak, J.A. 1966. Immature and mating behavior of Neocompsa alacris (Bates) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42(2):98-101.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1966. The genus Callidiellum in North America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42(2):151-155.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1966. The genus Tigrinestola Breuning (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42(3):239-243.

Chemsak, J.A. and U.R. Martins. 1966. A new South American species of Nyssicostylus Melzer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Papéis Avulsos 19(16):193-195.

Chemsak, J.A. and J.A. Powell. 1966. Studies on the bionomics of Tragidion armatum LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42(1):36-47.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1966. Cerambycidae of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33(8):197-236.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1966. Cerambycidae of Cocos Island. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33(9):237-248.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1966. Cerambycidae of the Revilla Gigedo Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33(10):249-254.

Martins, U.R. and J.A. Chemsak. 1966. Revision of the genus Micropsyrassa Linsley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 42(2):120-126.

Martins, U.R. and J.A. Chemsak. 1966. Synopsis of the known Mexican Ibidionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39(3):454-467.

Martins, U.R., J.A. Chemsak , and E.G. Linsley. 1966. A generic revision of the tribe Methiini in the Western Hemisphere. Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo14(3):197-221.

Chemsak, J.A. 1967. Lectotype designations of Cerambycidae in the British Museum (Natural History) (Coleoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40(1):73-81.

Chemsak, J.A. 1967. Lectotype designations of Cerambycidae in the Muséum D’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Coleoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40(1):81-83.

Chemsak, J.A. 1967. Review of the genus Championa Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 43(1):43-48.

Chemsak, J.A. 1967. Notes on Cerambycidae of Grand Bahama Island (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 43(3):181-188.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1967. A reclassification of the Western Hemisphere Methiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 43(1):28-39.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1967. Review of the genus Sphaerionillum Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 43(1):40-43.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1967. Notes on the genera Pseudoperiboeum Linsley and Conosphaerion Linsley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40(3):285-290.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1968. New species of the genus Zagymnus (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41(1):37-40.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1968. New species of Elaphidionini from Mexico (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 44(1):26-34.

Chemsak, J.A. 1969. New Mexican and Central American species of Strangalia Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 77(1):2-9.

Chemsak, J.A. 1969. Notes on the habits of Astromula nitidum Chemsak and Linsley, with descriptions of the immature stages (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 45(2):81-86.

Chemsak, J.A. 1969. Records and descriptions of Mexican and Central American Tillomorphini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 45(4):303-317.

Chemsak, J.A. 1969. Records and descriptions of Cuban Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Acta Musei Moraviae 54:185-190.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1970. New Mexican species of Eburia Serville and Eburodacrys Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 46(4):299-305.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1970. Death-feigning among North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 46(4):305-307.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1970. Additional designations of lectotypes of Neotropical Cerambycidae in the Collections of the British Museum (Natural History) (Coleoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 43(4):404-417.

Sharifi, S., I. Javadi, and J.A. Chemsak. 1970. Biology of the Rosaceae branch borer, Osphranteria coerulescens (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63(6):1515-1520.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1971. New Neotropical Methiine Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47(2):117-122.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1971. Some aspects of adult assembly and sexual behavior of Rosalia funebris Motschulsky under artificial conditions (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47(2):149-154.

Chemsak, J.A. and J.A. Powell. 1971. Behavior of Leptalia macilenta (Mannerhiem), with a description of the pupa (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47(2):101-104.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1971. An attempt to clarify the generic status of some Neotropical species currently assigned to Euryptera, Chontalia, and Ophistomis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 21(1):1-40.

Chemsak, J.A. 1972. Review of the genus Cirrhicera Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 48(2):86-93.

Chemsak, J.A. 1972. A new seed inhabiting cerambycid from Costa Rica (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 48(2):150-152.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1972. Cerambycidae of North America Part VI, No. 1. Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lepturinae. University of California Publications in Entomology 69, 138 pp.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1973. The genus Mecas LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(12):141-184.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1973. New species of Eburia from Mexico (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 49(4):338-353.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1974. Notes and descriptions of some lycid-like Neotropical lepturine Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50(1):35-43.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1974. Descriptions and records of Clytini from Mexico and Central America Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50(2):129-138.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1974. Reclassification, synonymy, and descriptions of some North and Central American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 28(4):181-184.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1974. Cerambycidae collected in the Galapagos Islands by Robert Silberglied. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50(3):303-304.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1975. Checklist of the beetles of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Volume 1, Part 6, The longhorn beetles and the family Disteniidae. North American Beetle Fauna Project, The Biological Research Institute of America, Inc., Rensselaerville, New York. 224 pp.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1975. New species of the genus Aneflomorpha from Mexico (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 51(3):201-204.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1975. Mexican Pogonocherini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 51(4):271-286.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1976. Further studies among the Mexican and Central American lepturine Cerambycidae related to Euryptera and Choriolaus (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 52(1):38-49.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1976. A new genus of Mexican and Central American Lepturinae with a review of the genus Neoleptura Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49(2):177-187.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1976. The Lepturine genus Pseudotypocerus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 30(2):171-175.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1976. The genus Triacetelus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 52(3):216-219.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1976. A review of the Mexican and Central American species of Strangalia Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 84(4):216-232.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1976. Cerambycidae of North America. Part VI, No.2. Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lepturinae. University of California Publications in Entomology 80, 186 pp.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1976. Galapagos Cerambycidae, pp. 317-321. In: N. Leleup and J. Leleup (Eds.). Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador. Resultats Scientifiques. Musée Royale d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3.

Chemsak, J.A. 1977. A list of types of Cerambycidae at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 31(2):173-179.

Chemsak, J.A. 1977. New Neotropical Tillomorphini in the genus Tetranodus Linell (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53(2):124-125.

Chemsak, J.A. 1977. Records and descriptions of some Mexican species of Phaea Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53(4):269-276.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1977. Review of the species of Derobrachus Audinet-Serville occurring in the United States (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 50(4):508-514.

Chemsak, J.A. 1978. Review of the genus Essostrutha Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54(2):125-128.

Chemsak, J.A. 1978. A new species of Pterotus LeConte from California (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54(2):157-158.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1978. New Neotropical Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54(1):26-30.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1978. Additions to the Cerambycidae of the Revilla Gigedo Islands (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 77(3):138-142.

Chemsak, J.A. 1979. New species of Neotropical Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 33(1):125-128.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley 1979. Review of the Rhinotrogini of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(3):69-85.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1979. New Cerambycidae from Honduras (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 55(4):267-272.

Chemsak, J.A. , E.G. Linsley, and J.M. Linsley. 1979. A migratory flight of Urania fulgens (Walker) in Honduras (Uraniidae) Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 33(4):260-261.
Chemsak, J.A. 1980. Revision of the genus Stenobatyle Casey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56(2):113-120.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1980. Records of Cerambycidae from Cocos Island (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56(4):310.

Chemsak, J.A. , E.G. Linsley, and J.V. Mankins. 1980. Records of some Cerambycidae from Honduras (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56(1):26-37.

Hovore, F. and J.A. Chemsak. 1980. A review of the Mexican and Central American species of Obrium Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 34(1):31-54.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1981. Additions to the known species of Pseudotypocerus and Strangalia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(4):485-491.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1982. Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera). Plexus Publications, Inc., 138 pp.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1982. New Mexican Purpuricenini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 40(1-2):71-76.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1982. Review of the genus Rhodoleptus Linsley (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 36(2):390-394.

Skiles, D.D. and J.A. Chemsak. 1982. New species and lectotype designations of Elytroleptus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 40(1-2):66-70.

Chemsak, J.A. 1983. Species Accounts: Acrocinus longimanus (Alequin, Harlequin Beetle), pp. 678-679. In: D. H. Janzen (Ed.). Costa Rican Natural History, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Chemsak, J.A. 1983. A new Central American species of Derancistrus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85(4):714-716.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1983. Confirmation of the occurrence of Echthistatus Pascoe in Mexico and description of a related new genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). International Journal of Entomology 25(2-3):226-230.

Ivie, M.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1983. Synonymy in West Indian Ecyrus LeConte (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Pogonocherini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 37(3):199-202.

Chemsak, J.A. 1984. Description of a new Purpuricenine genus, Linsleyella (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 60(2):114-118.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1984. A new California species of Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 60(2):73-75.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1984. New genera and species of Neotropical Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 60(4): 279-288.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1984. The Cerambycidae of North America Part VII, No.1: Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lamiinae, Tribes Parmenini through Acanthoderini. University of California Publications in Entomology 102, 258 pp.

Chemsak, J.A. 1985. Observations on adult behavior of Centris flavofasciata Friese (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 61(3):265.

Chemsak, J.A. 1986. New Onciderini from Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94(1):16-19.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.F. Giesbert. 1986. New species of Cerambycidae from the Estacion Biologia de Chamela, Mexico (Coleoptera). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 69:19-39.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1986. New Lamiinae from Mexico (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94(1): 20-31.

Chemsak, J.A. 1987. A new Mexican species of Linsleyella Chemsak (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 63(2):145-146.

Chemsak, J.A. and C. Feller. 1988. New species of Cerambycidae from Twin Cays, Belize (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 90(2):179-188.

Chemsak, J.A. and E.G. Linsley. 1988 (1989). Additional new species of Cerambycidae from the Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Mexico and environs (Coleoptera). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:123-140.

Chemsak, J.A. , E.G. Linsley, and F. Hovore. 1988. A concentration site for Cerambycidae in Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 64(3):291-295.

Giesbert, E.F., and J.A. Chemsak. 1989. The genus Stenosphenus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 65(3):269-301.

Chemsak, J.A. 1991. New Mexican and Central American Elaphidiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 62(3):469-480.

Chemsak, J.A. , E.G. Linsley, W.W. Allen, and W.W. Middlekauff. 1992. Abraham Ezra Michelbacher (1899-1991): The bibliography of Abraham Ezra Michelbacher and Symphyla named by him. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 68(4):225-242.

Chemsak, J.A. , E.G. Linsley, and F.A. Noguera. 1992. Listados faunísticos de México. II. Los Cerambycidae y Disteniidae de Norteamérica, Centroamérica y las Indias Occidentales (Coleoptera). Instituto de Biología, Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México. 204 pp.

Allen, W.W., J.A. Chemsak , E.G. Linsley, W.W. Middlekauff. 1992. Abraham Ezra Michelbacher, pp.132-134. In: In Memoriam 1991. Academic Senate, University of California, Berkeley.

Chemsak, J.A. and F.A. Noguera. 1993 (1995). Annotated checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera), with descriptions of new genera and species. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 89:55-102.

Giesbert, E.F. and J.A. Chemsak. 1993. A review of the Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of North and Central America. Insecta Mundi 7(1-2):27-64.

Noguera, F.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1993. Two new species of Onciderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 69(4):290-294.

Powell, J.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1994. Additional data on the geographical distribution and adult activity of the diurnal mimetic plume moth, Oidaematophorus chamelai (Pterophoridae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 48(1):71-73.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1995. The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lamiinae, Tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 292

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1995. Obituary: Celeste Green, Scientific Illustrator 1913-1994. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 71(1):1-2.

Chemsak, J.A. 1996. Illustrated Revision of the Cerambycidae of North America. Vol. 1. Subfamilies Parandrinae, Spondylidinae, Aseminae, Prioninae. Wolfsgarden Books, Burbank, California,149 pp.

Noguera, F.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1996. Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), pp. 381-409. In: J.E. Llorente B., A.N. García A., E. González S. (Eds.). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México.

Chemsak, J.A. 1997. A new Central American Rhinotragine (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 1(1):15-16.

Chemsak, J.A. 1997. Book Review: Bleuzen, P. 1994. Les Coleopteres de Monde (The Beetles of the World). Prioninae 1: Macrodontini: Macrodontia, Chalcoprionus, Ancistrotus, Acanthinodera, Acalodegma: Prionini: Titanus, Braderochus, Vol. 21, Sciences Nat., 92 pp. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 73(1):60.

Chemsak, J.A. and J.D. McCarty. 1997. Review of the genus Thryallis Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 51(2):101-112.

Chemsak, J.A. and F.A. Noguera. 1997. New Mexican Cerambycidae. Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 1(1):6-14.

Chemsak, J.A. and F.A. Noguera. 1997. Historia natural de species Lagocheirus araneiformis, Acrocinus longimanus, Taeniotes scalaris y Neoptychodes trilineatus, pp. 321-323. In E. Gonzalez S., R. Dirzo, R.C. Vogt (eds.). Historia Natural de Los Tuxtlas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México,

Giesbert, E.F. and J.A. Chemsak. 1997. A review of the genus Euderces LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Tillomorphini). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49(8):211-286.

Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1997. The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VIII: Bibliography, Index, and Host Plant Index. University of California Publications in Entomology 117, 534 pp.

Noguera, F.A. and J.A. Chemsak. 1997. New species and notes on the genus Championa Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with a key to the species. Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 1(1):1-5.

Chemsak, J. A. 1998. A new genus of Mexican Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 2(1):24-26.

Chemsak, J. A. and F. A. Noguera. 1998. Review of the genus Sphaenothecus Dupont (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74(1):12-26.

Chemsak, J. A. 1999. Revision of the genus Phaea Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 3(1):36-101.

Chemsak, J.A. 2000. Earle Gorton Linsley. American Entomologist 46(4):270-271.

Chemsak, J.A. W.W. Middlekauff, and E.S. Sylvester. 2000. Earle Gorton Linsley, pp.151-153. In: In Memoriam 2000. Academic Senate, University of California, Berkeley.

Chemsak, J. A. 2001. Book Review: Vives, E. 2000. Fauna Iberica. Volume 12. Coleoptera, Cerambycidae. The Coleopterists Bulletin 55(4):452.

Chemsak, J. A. and F. A. Noguera. 2001. New Mexican and Central American Cerambycidae (Coloeptera). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 4(1):50-55.

Noguera, F. A. and J. A. Chemsak. 2001. A new species of Erlandia aurivillius from México (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55(3):369-373.

Chemsak, J. A. and F. T. Hovore. 2002. New Mexican and Central American species of Acanthoderini with notes on others, part I. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 15, 32 pp.

Chemsak, J. A. and F. T. Hovore. 2002. New Mexican and Central American species of Acanthoderini with notes on others, part II. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 16, 26 pp.

Lingafelter, S. W. and J. A. Chemsak. 2002. A new species of Enaphalodes Haldeman from Florida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with review of genus, synonymy, and key to species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 56(4):569-581.

Noguera, F.A., S. Zaragoza-Caballero, J.A. Chemsak, A. Rodriguez-Palafox, E. Ramirez, E. Gonzalez-Soriano and R. Ayala. 2002. Diversity of the family Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the tropical dry forest of Mexico, I. Sierra de Huautla, Morelos. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95(5):617-627.

Toledo, V. H., F. A. Noguera, J. A. Chemsak, F. T. Hovore and E. F. Giesbert. 2002. The cerambycid fauna of the tropical dry forest of “El Aguacero”, Chiapas, México (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 56(4):515-532.

Chemsak, J.A. 2003. Book Review: Vives, E. 2000. Fauna Iberica. Volume 12. Coleoptera, Cerambycidae. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79(1):77.

Chemsak, J. A. and F. A. Noguera. 2003. New species of Anelaphus Linsley from Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79(1):58-65.

Chemsak, J.A. and F.A. Noguera. 2003 (2004). New species of the genus Tetraopes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79(3/4):237-244.

Eya, B. K. and J. A. Chemsak. 2003. Review of the genus Amphelictus Bates, part 1 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 21, 24 pp.

Eya, B. K. and J. A. Chemsak. 2003. Review of the genus Amphelictus Bates, part 2 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 22, 21 pp.

Zaragoza-Caballero, S., F.A. Noguera, J.A. Chemsak, E. Gonzalez-Soriano, A. Rodriguez-Palafox, E. Ramirez-Garcia, and R. Ayala. 2003. Diversity of Lycidae, Phengodidae, Lampyridae, and Cantharidae (Coleoptera) in a tropical dry forest region in Mexico: Sierra de Huautla, Morelos. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79(1):23-37.

Chemsak, J.A. 2005. Illustrated Revision of the Cerambycidae of North America. Vol. II. Lepturinae. Wolfsgarden Books, Chino, California, 446 pp.

Chemsak, J.A. and F.A. Noguera. 2005. New Mexican species of the Elaphidionine genus Aneflomorpha Casey, 1912 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with a key to the Mexican species. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 81(1/2):20-33.

Eya, B.K. and J.A. Chemsak. 2005. Review of the genus Coleoxestia Aurivillius of Mexico and Central America, part I. Les Cahiers Magellanes 44, 32 pp.

Eya, B.K. and J.A. Chemsak. 2005. Review of the genus Coleoxestia Aurivillius of Mexico and Central America, part II. Les Cahiers Magellanes 45, 30 pp.

Hovore, F. T., and J. A. Chemsak. 2005. Three new species of Ceralocyna viana, 1971 from Mexico and Ecuador (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae, Trachyderini, Ancylocerina). Folia Entomológica Mexicana 44(supl.1):45-53.

Hovore, F.T. and J.A. Chemsak. 2005. New Latin American Lepturini with new country records for Honduras and Ecuador (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 47, 23 pp.

Hovore, F.T., and J.A. Chemsak. 2006. New species of Hemilissopsis Lane, 1959 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Elaphidionini). Zootaxa 1340:45-49

Noguera, F.A., J.A. Chemsak, S. Zaragoza-Caballero, A. Rodriguez-Palafox, E. Ramirez-Garcia, E. Gonzalez-Soriano, and R. Ayala. 2007. A faunal study of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from one region with Tropical Dry Forest in México: San Buenaventura, Jalisco. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83(4):296-314.

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