Sambomorpha

Sambomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: 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]

References

  1. 1 2 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. (2010). "Genus Sambomorpha". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 14 Jun 2011.
  3. 1 2 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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