''Sambus'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s 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. There are some 165 species distributed across

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, parts of

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, and

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...

, including

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Species include: * '' Sambus achilles'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus adonis'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus aeneas'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus aeneicollis'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus aeneus'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus aethiopicus'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus africanus'' Kerremans, 1903 * '' Sambus aiax'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus albopunctatus'' (Fåhraeus in Boheman, 1851) * '' Sambus alienus'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus amabilis'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus angolensis'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus argentatus'' Gestro, 1877 * '' Sambus aruensis'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus atropurpureus'' Fisher, 1925 * '' Sambus auberti'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus auricolor'' Saunders, 1874 * '' Sambus australis'' Bellamy & Peterson, 2000 * '' Sambus bakeri'' Fisher, 1921 * ''

Sambus bakerianus ''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'' Obenberger, 1940 * ''S ...

'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus barkeri'' Bellamy, 2007 * '' Sambus bedoti'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus binhensis'' Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966 * '' Sambus boettcheri'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus boisduvali'' (Montrouzier, 1855) * '' Sambus butuanensis'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus caesar'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus camerunicus'' Obenberger, 1922 * '' Sambus castor'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus chalcosomus'' Thomson, 1879 * '' Sambus cochinchinae'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus coeruleipennis'' Théry, 1930 * '' Sambus coloratus'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus confusus'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus congolanus'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus coxalis'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus curtus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus cyaneomicans'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus daoensis'' Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966 * '' Sambus darlingtoni'' Théry, 1937 * '' Sambus davidi'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus dedicatus'' Thomson, 1879 * '' Sambus delectabilis'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus delicatulus'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus deyrollei'' Thomson, 1878 * '' Sambus dives'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus divisus'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus dohertyi'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus douquetteae'' Descarpentries, 1968 * '' Sambus drescheri'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus eremitus'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus fasciatus'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus faustinus'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus femoralis'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus fidjiensis'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus formosanus'' Miwa & Chûjô, 1935 * '' Sambus fouqueti'' Bourgoin, 1923 * '' Sambus fulgidicollis'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus fulvopictus'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus gautierii'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus gibbicollis'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus gibbosus'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus gmelinae'' Théry, 1930 * '' Sambus gratiosulus'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus gratiosus'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus haddeni'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus hewitti'' Kerremans, 1912 * '' Sambus hirtulus'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus inermipes'' Bourgoin, 1923 * '' Sambus isis'' Jackman, 1987 * '' Sambus javicolus'' Fisher, 1935 * '' Sambus jelineki'' Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966 * '' Sambus kannegieteri'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus kanssuensis'' Ganglbauer, 1890 * '' Sambus labaili'' Baudon, 1968 * '' Sambus lafertei'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus larminati'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus lituratus'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus loriae'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus lugubris'' Saunders, 1874 * '' Sambus luzonicus'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus luzonigena'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus macromerus'' Montrouzier, 1860 * '' Sambus madagascariensis'' Descarpentries, 1968 * '' Sambus manni'' Théry, 1937 * '' Sambus maquilingi'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus marmoreus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus marshalli'' (Obenberger, 1923) * '' Sambus massaicus'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus melanoderus'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus minutus'' Kerremans, 1896 * '' Sambus modestus'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus monardi'' Théry, 1947 * '' Sambus montanus'' Kerremans, 1908 * '' Sambus muong'' Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966 * '' Sambus nickerli'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus nigricans'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus nigritus'' Kerremans, 1892 * '' Sambus novus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus opacus'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus optatus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus ornatus'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus orothi'' Baudon, 1962 * '' Sambus pacificus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus palawanus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus papuanus'' (Obenberger, 1924) * '' Sambus parallelus'' Fisher, 1921 * '' Sambus parisii'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus patroclus'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus pauper'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus pertoldi'' Obenberger, 1922 * '' Sambus peyrierasi'' Descarpentries, 1968 * '' Sambus philippinarum'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus philippinus'' Fisher, 1922 * '' Sambus pictus'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus pollux'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus prainae'' Hauser, 1900 * '' Sambus pudicus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus pygmaeus'' Kerremans, 1903 * '' Sambus quadricolor'' Saunders, 1873 * '' Sambus quinquefasciatus'' Miwa & Chûjô, 1935 * '' Sambus ribbei'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus rothkirchi'' Obenberger, 1923 * '' Sambus sandakanus'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus satanellus'' Obenberger, 1917 * '' Sambus seyrigi'' Descarpentries, 1968 * '' Sambus sibuyanicus'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus signatus'' Théry, 1926 * '' Sambus simmondsi'' Théry, 1938 * '' Sambus simplex'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus soricinus'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus ssp.'' unifasciatus Kurosawa, 1985 * '' Sambus strandi'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus subgrisescens'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus sulcicollis'' Théry, 1930 * '' Sambus telamon'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus thoracalis'' Obenberger, 1932 * '' Sambus timoris'' Obenberger, 1935 * '' Sambus tonkinensis'' Obenberger, 1924 * '' Sambus troilus'' Obenberger, 1940 * '' Sambus vadoni'' Descarpentries, 1968 * '' Sambus vanrooni'' Obenberger, 1923 * '' Sambus vermiculatus'' Deyrolle, 1864 * '' Sambus vientianensis'' Baudon, 1968 * '' Sambus villosus'' Kerremans, 1903 * '' Sambus viridiceps'' (Kerremans, 1900) * '' Sambus vitalisi'' Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966 * '' Sambus weyersi'' Kerremans, 1900 * '' Sambus yaeyamanus'' Kurosawa, 1985 * '' Sambus zonalis'' Kerremans, 1893

References

Buprestidae genera {{Buprestidae-stub