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***Sambus*** is a genus of [beetles](/source/Beetle) in the family [Buprestidae](/source/Buprestidae), the jewel beetles. There are some 165 species distributed across [Africa](/source/Africa), parts of [Asia](/source/Asia), and [Oceania](/source/Oceania), including [Australia](/source/Australia).[1]

Species include:[2]

- *[Sambus achilles](/source/Sambus_achilles)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus adonis](/source/Sambus_adonis)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus aeneas](/source/Sambus_aeneas)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus aeneicollis](/source/Sambus_aeneicollis)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus aeneus](/source/Sambus_aeneus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus aethiopicus](/source/Sambus_aethiopicus)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus africanus](/source/Sambus_africanus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Sambus aiax](/source/Sambus_aiax)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus albopunctatus](/source/Sambus_albopunctatus)* (Fåhraeus in Boheman, 1851)
- *[Sambus alienus](/source/Sambus_alienus)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus amabilis](/source/Sambus_amabilis)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus angolensis](/source/Sambus_angolensis)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus argentatus](/source/Sambus_argentatus)* Gestro, 1877
- *[Sambus aruensis](/source/Sambus_aruensis)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus atropurpureus](/source/Sambus_atropurpureus)* Fisher, 1925
- *[Sambus auberti](/source/Sambus_auberti)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus auricolor](/source/Sambus_auricolor)* Saunders, 1874
- *[Sambus australis](/source/Sambus_australis)* Bellamy & Peterson, 2000
- *[Sambus bakeri](/source/Sambus_bakeri)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus bakerianus](/source/Sambus_bakerianus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus barkeri](/source/Sambus_barkeri)* Bellamy, 2007
- *[Sambus bedoti](/source/Sambus_bedoti)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus binhensis](/source/Sambus_binhensis)* Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966
- *[Sambus boettcheri](/source/Sambus_boettcheri)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus boisduvali](/source/Sambus_boisduvali)* (Montrouzier, 1855)
- *[Sambus butuanensis](/source/Sambus_butuanensis)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus caesar](/source/Sambus_caesar)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus camerunicus](/source/Sambus_camerunicus)* Obenberger, 1922
- *[Sambus castor](/source/Sambus_castor)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus chalcosomus](/source/Sambus_chalcosomus)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Sambus cochinchinae](/source/Sambus_cochinchinae)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus coeruleipennis](/source/Sambus_coeruleipennis)* Théry, 1930
- *[Sambus coloratus](/source/Sambus_coloratus)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus confusus](/source/Sambus_confusus)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus congolanus](/source/Sambus_congolanus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus coxalis](/source/Sambus_coxalis)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus curtus](/source/Sambus_curtus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus cyaneomicans](/source/Sambus_cyaneomicans)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus daoensis](/source/Sambus_daoensis)* Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966
- *[Sambus darlingtoni](/source/Sambus_darlingtoni)* Théry, 1937
- *[Sambus davidi](/source/Sambus_davidi)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus dedicatus](/source/Sambus_dedicatus)* Thomson, 1879
- *[Sambus delectabilis](/source/Sambus_delectabilis)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus delicatulus](/source/Sambus_delicatulus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus deyrollei](/source/Sambus_deyrollei)* Thomson, 1878
- *[Sambus dives](/source/Sambus_dives)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus divisus](/source/Sambus_divisus)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus dohertyi](/source/Sambus_dohertyi)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus douquetteae](/source/Sambus_douquetteae)* Descarpentries, 1968
- *[Sambus drescheri](/source/Sambus_drescheri)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus eremitus](/source/Sambus_eremitus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus fasciatus](/source/Sambus_fasciatus)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus faustinus](/source/Sambus_faustinus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus femoralis](/source/Sambus_femoralis)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus fidjiensis](/source/Sambus_fidjiensis)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus formosanus](/source/Sambus_formosanus)* Miwa & Chûjô, 1935
- *[Sambus fouqueti](/source/Sambus_fouqueti)* Bourgoin, 1923
- *[Sambus fulgidicollis](/source/Sambus_fulgidicollis)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus fulvopictus](/source/Sambus_fulvopictus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus gautierii](/source/Sambus_gautierii)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus gibbicollis](/source/Sambus_gibbicollis)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus gibbosus](/source/Sambus_gibbosus)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus gmelinae](/source/Sambus_gmelinae)* Théry, 1930
- *[Sambus gratiosulus](/source/Sambus_gratiosulus)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus gratiosus](/source/Sambus_gratiosus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus haddeni](/source/Sambus_haddeni)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus hewitti](/source/Sambus_hewitti)* Kerremans, 1912
- *[Sambus hirtulus](/source/Sambus_hirtulus)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus inermipes](/source/Sambus_inermipes)* Bourgoin, 1923
- *[Sambus isis](/source/Sambus_isis)* Jackman, 1987
- *[Sambus javicolus](/source/Sambus_javicolus)* Fisher, 1935
- *[Sambus jelineki](/source/Sambus_jelineki)* Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966
- *[Sambus kannegieteri](/source/Sambus_kannegieteri)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus kanssuensis](/source/Sambus_kanssuensis)* Ganglbauer, 1890
- *[Sambus labaili](/source/Sambus_labaili)* Baudon, 1968
- *[Sambus lafertei](/source/Sambus_lafertei)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus larminati](/source/Sambus_larminati)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus lituratus](/source/Sambus_lituratus)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus loriae](/source/Sambus_loriae)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus lugubris](/source/Sambus_lugubris)* Saunders, 1874
- *[Sambus luzonicus](/source/Sambus_luzonicus)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus luzonigena](/source/Sambus_luzonigena)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus macromerus](/source/Sambus_macromerus)* Montrouzier, 1860
- *[Sambus madagascariensis](/source/Sambus_madagascariensis)* Descarpentries, 1968
- *[Sambus manni](/source/Sambus_manni)* Théry, 1937
- *[Sambus maquilingi](/source/Sambus_maquilingi)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus marmoreus](/source/Sambus_marmoreus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus marshalli](/source/Sambus_marshalli)* (Obenberger, 1923)
- *[Sambus massaicus](/source/Sambus_massaicus)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus melanoderus](/source/Sambus_melanoderus)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus minutus](/source/Sambus_minutus)* Kerremans, 1896
- *[Sambus modestus](/source/Sambus_modestus)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus monardi](/source/Sambus_monardi)* Théry, 1947
- *[Sambus montanus](/source/Sambus_montanus)* Kerremans, 1908
- *[Sambus muong](/source/Sambus_muong)* Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966
- *[Sambus nickerli](/source/Sambus_nickerli)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus nigricans](/source/Sambus_nigricans)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus nigritus](/source/Sambus_nigritus)* Kerremans, 1892
- *[Sambus novus](/source/Sambus_novus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus opacus](/source/Sambus_opacus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus optatus](/source/Sambus_optatus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus ornatus](/source/Sambus_ornatus)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus orothi](/source/Sambus_orothi)* Baudon, 1962
- *[Sambus pacificus](/source/Sambus_pacificus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus palawanus](/source/Sambus_palawanus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus papuanus](/source/Sambus_papuanus)* (Obenberger, 1924)
- *[Sambus parallelus](/source/Sambus_parallelus)* Fisher, 1921
- *[Sambus parisii](/source/Sambus_parisii)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus patroclus](/source/Sambus_patroclus)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus pauper](/source/Sambus_pauper)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus pertoldi](/source/Sambus_pertoldi)* Obenberger, 1922
- *[Sambus peyrierasi](/source/Sambus_peyrierasi)* Descarpentries, 1968
- *[Sambus philippinarum](/source/Sambus_philippinarum)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus philippinus](/source/Sambus_philippinus)* Fisher, 1922
- *[Sambus pictus](/source/Sambus_pictus)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus pollux](/source/Sambus_pollux)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus prainae](/source/Sambus_prainae)* Hauser, 1900
- *[Sambus pudicus](/source/Sambus_pudicus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus pygmaeus](/source/Sambus_pygmaeus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Sambus quadricolor](/source/Sambus_quadricolor)* Saunders, 1873
- *[Sambus quinquefasciatus](/source/Sambus_quinquefasciatus)* Miwa & Chûjô, 1935
- *[Sambus ribbei](/source/Sambus_ribbei)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus rothkirchi](/source/Sambus_rothkirchi)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Sambus sandakanus](/source/Sambus_sandakanus)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus satanellus](/source/Sambus_satanellus)* Obenberger, 1917
- *[Sambus seyrigi](/source/Sambus_seyrigi)* Descarpentries, 1968
- *[Sambus sibuyanicus](/source/Sambus_sibuyanicus)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus signatus](/source/Sambus_signatus)* Théry, 1926
- *[Sambus simmondsi](/source/Sambus_simmondsi)* Théry, 1938
- *[Sambus simplex](/source/Sambus_simplex)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus soricinus](/source/Sambus_soricinus)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus ssp.](/source/Sambus_ssp.)* unifasciatus Kurosawa, 1985
- *[Sambus strandi](/source/Sambus_strandi)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus subgrisescens](/source/Sambus_subgrisescens)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus sulcicollis](/source/Sambus_sulcicollis)* Théry, 1930
- *[Sambus telamon](/source/Sambus_telamon)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus thoracalis](/source/Sambus_thoracalis)* Obenberger, 1932
- *[Sambus timoris](/source/Sambus_timoris)* Obenberger, 1935
- *[Sambus tonkinensis](/source/Sambus_tonkinensis)* Obenberger, 1924
- *[Sambus troilus](/source/Sambus_troilus)* Obenberger, 1940
- *[Sambus vadoni](/source/Sambus_vadoni)* Descarpentries, 1968
- *[Sambus vanrooni](/source/Sambus_vanrooni)* Obenberger, 1923
- *[Sambus vermiculatus](/source/Sambus_vermiculatus)* Deyrolle, 1864
- *[Sambus vientianensis](/source/Sambus_vientianensis)* Baudon, 1968
- *[Sambus villosus](/source/Sambus_villosus)* Kerremans, 1903
- *[Sambus viridiceps](/source/Sambus_viridiceps)* (Kerremans, 1900)
- *[Sambus vitalisi](/source/Sambus_vitalisi)* Descarpentries & Villiers, 1966
- *[Sambus weyersi](/source/Sambus_weyersi)* Kerremans, 1900
- *[Sambus yaeyamanus](/source/Sambus_yaeyamanus)* Kurosawa, 1985
- *[Sambus zonalis](/source/Sambus_zonalis)* Kerremans, 1893

## References

1. [Genus *Sambus*.](http://coleopsoc.org/buprestidae/Fiji/Agrilini.html) The Buprestidae of Fiji. The World of Jewel Beetles.

1. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). ["Genus *Sambus*"](https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Sambus.htm). *A Checklist of World Buprestoidea*. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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