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.Bellamy, C. L. (1997). A revision of the Neotropical coroebine genus Sambomorpha Obenberger 1924 (Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilinae). Tropical Zoology 10(1) 143-56.
These beetles are mostly black in color, but some species have purplish or blue casts.
Species include:
Sambomorpha aeneifrons (Kerremans, 1896) Sambomorpha argentiniensis Cobos, 1959 Sambomorpha blairi Obenberger, 1940 Sambomorpha catharinae Obenberger, 1924 Sambomorpha chiapas Bellamy, 1997 Sambomorpha clarki Hespenheide, 1990 Sambomorpha corona Bellamy, 2007Bellamy, C. L. (2007). Two new species of Sambomorpha Obenberger, 1924 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Costa Rica and Panama. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61(3) 471-75. Sambomorpha costarica Bellamy, 1997 Sambomorpha occidentalis Bellamy, 1997 Sambomorpha panama Bellamy, 2007 Sambomorpha quintana Bellamy, 1997 Sambomorpha vicina Obenberger, 1940
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