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Sambus
A sambus quadricolor beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Sambus Deyrolle, 1864

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
• 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 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