Sambus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. There are some 165 species distributed across Africa, parts of Asia, and Oceania, including Australia.
Species include:
- Sambus achilles <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus adonis <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus aeneas <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus aeneicollis <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus aeneus <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus aethiopicus <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus africanus <small>Kerremans, 1903</small>
- Sambus aiax <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus albopunctatus <small>(FÃÂ¥hraeus in Boheman, 1851)</small>
- Sambus alienus <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus amabilis <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus angolensis <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus argentatus <small>Gestro, 1877</small>
- Sambus aruensis <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus atropurpureus <small>Fisher, 1925</small>
- Sambus auberti <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus auricolor <small>Saunders, 1874</small>
- Sambus australis <small>Bellamy & Peterson, 2000</small>
- Sambus bakeri <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus bakerianus <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus barkeri <small>Bellamy, 2007</small>
- Sambus bedoti <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus binhensis <small>Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966</small>
- Sambus boettcheri <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus boisduvali <small>(Montrouzier, 1855)</small>
- Sambus butuanensis <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus caesar <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus camerunicus <small>Obenberger, 1922</small>
- Sambus castor <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus chalcosomus <small>Thomson, 1879</small>
- Sambus cochinchinae <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus coeruleipennis <small>Théry, 1930</small>
- Sambus coloratus <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus confusus <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus congolanus <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus coxalis <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus curtus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus cyaneomicans <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus daoensis <small>Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966</small>
- Sambus darlingtoni <small>Théry, 1937</small>
- Sambus davidi <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus dedicatus <small>Thomson, 1879</small>
- Sambus delectabilis <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus delicatulus <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus deyrollei <small>Thomson, 1878</small>
- Sambus dives <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus divisus <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus dohertyi <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus douquetteae <small>Descarpentries, 1968</small>
- Sambus drescheri <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus eremitus <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus fasciatus <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus faustinus <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus femoralis <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus fidjiensis <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus formosanus <small>Miwa & Chûjô, 1935</small>
- Sambus fouqueti <small>Bourgoin, 1923</small>
- Sambus fulgidicollis <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus fulvopictus <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus gautierii <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus gibbicollis <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus gibbosus <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus gmelinae <small>Théry, 1930</small>
- Sambus gratiosulus <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus gratiosus <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus haddeni <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus hewitti <small>Kerremans, 1912</small>
- Sambus hirtulus <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus inermipes <small>Bourgoin, 1923</small>
- Sambus isis <small>Jackman, 1987</small>
- Sambus javicolus <small>Fisher, 1935</small>
- Sambus jelineki <small>Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966</small>
- Sambus kannegieteri <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus kanssuensis <small>Ganglbauer, 1890</small>
- Sambus labaili <small>Baudon, 1968</small>
- Sambus lafertei <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus larminati <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus lituratus <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus loriae <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus lugubris <small>Saunders, 1874</small>
- Sambus luzonicus <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus luzonigena <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus macromerus <small>Montrouzier, 1860</small>
- Sambus madagascariensis <small>Descarpentries, 1968</small>
- Sambus manni <small>Théry, 1937</small>
- Sambus maquilingi <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus marmoreus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus marshalli <small>(Obenberger, 1923)</small>
- Sambus massaicus <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus melanoderus <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus minutus <small>Kerremans, 1896</small>
- Sambus modestus <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus monardi <small>Théry, 1947</small>
- Sambus montanus <small>Kerremans, 1908</small>
- Sambus muong <small>Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966</small>
- Sambus nickerli <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus nigricans <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus nigritus <small>Kerremans, 1892</small>
- Sambus novus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus opacus <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus optatus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus ornatus <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus orothi <small>Baudon, 1962</small>
- Sambus pacificus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus palawanus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus papuanus <small>(Obenberger, 1924)</small>
- Sambus parallelus <small>Fisher, 1921</small>
- Sambus parisii <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus patroclus <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus pauper <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus pertoldi <small>Obenberger, 1922</small>
- Sambus peyrierasi <small>Descarpentries, 1968</small>
- Sambus philippinarum <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus philippinus <small>Fisher, 1922</small>
- Sambus pictus <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus pollux <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus prainae <small>Hauser, 1900</small>
- Sambus pudicus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus pygmaeus <small>Kerremans, 1903</small>
- Sambus quadricolor <small>Saunders, 1873</small>
- Sambus quinquefasciatus <small>Miwa & Chûjô, 1935</small>
- Sambus ribbei <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus rothkirchi <small>Obenberger, 1923</small>
- Sambus sandakanus <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus satanellus <small>Obenberger, 1917</small>
- Sambus seyrigi <small>Descarpentries, 1968</small>
- Sambus sibuyanicus <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus signatus <small>Théry, 1926</small>
- Sambus simmondsi <small>Théry, 1938</small>
- Sambus simplex <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus soricinus <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus ssp. <small>unifasciatus Kurosawa, 1985</small>
- Sambus strandi <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus subgrisescens <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus sulcicollis <small>Théry, 1930</small>
- Sambus telamon <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus thoracalis <small>Obenberger, 1932</small>
- Sambus timoris <small>Obenberger, 1935</small>
- Sambus tonkinensis <small>Obenberger, 1924</small>
- Sambus troilus <small>Obenberger, 1940</small>
- Sambus vadoni <small>Descarpentries, 1968</small>
- Sambus vanrooni <small>Obenberger, 1923</small>
- Sambus vermiculatus <small>Deyrolle, 1864</small>
- Sambus vientianensis <small>Baudon, 1968</small>
- Sambus villosus <small>Kerremans, 1903</small>
- Sambus viridiceps <small>(Kerremans, 1900)</small>
- Sambus vitalisi <small>Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966</small>
- Sambus weyersi <small>Kerremans, 1900</small>
- Sambus yaeyamanus <small>Kurosawa, 1985</small>
- Sambus zonalis <small>Kerremans, 1893</small>
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