''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of
beetles in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from
Mexico to
Brazil and
Argentina.
[Bellamy, C. L. (1997)]
A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenberger 1924 (Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilinae).
''Tropical Zoology'' 10(1) 143-56.
These beetles are mostly black in color, but some species have purplish or blue casts.
[
Species include:]Sambomorpha argentiniensis
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Cobos, 1959
* '' Sambomorpha blairi'' Obenberger, 1940
* '' Sambomorpha catharinae'' Obenberger, 1924
* '' Sambomorpha chiapas'' Bellamy, 1997
* ''Sambomorpha clarki
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Hespenheide, 1990
* ''Sambomorpha corona
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Bellamy, 2007[Bellamy, C. L. (2007)]
Two new species of ''Sambomorpha'' Obenberger, 1924 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Costa Rica and Panama.
''The Coleopterists Bulletin'' 61(3) 471-75.
* ''Sambomorpha costarica
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Bellamy, 1997
* ''Sambomorpha occidentalis
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Bellamy, 1997
* ''Sambomorpha panama
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Bellamy, 2007[
* '']Sambomorpha quintana
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenbe ...
'' Bellamy, 1997
* ''Sambomorpha vicina
''Sambomorpha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Americas from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.Bellamy, C. L. (1997)A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus ''Sambomorpha'' Obenberger ...
'' Obenberger, 1940
References
Buprestidae genera
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