Sambomorpha

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Sambomorpha
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Sambomorpha

Obenberger, 1924
Species

12

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.[1]

These beetles are mostly black in color, but some species have purplish or blue casts.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • (Kerremans, 1896)
  • Cobos, 1959
  • Obenberger, 1940
  • Obenberger, 1924
  • Bellamy, 1997
  • Hespenheide, 1990
  • Bellamy, 2007[3]
  • Bellamy, 1997
  • Bellamy, 1997
  • Bellamy, 2007[3]
  • Bellamy, 1997
  • Obenberger, 1940

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bellamy, C. L. (1997). A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus Sambomorpha Obenberger 1924 (Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilinae). Tropical Zoology 10(1) 143-56.
  2. ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Sambomorpha". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
  3. ^ a b 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.


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