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Sambus

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| name = Sambus

| image_alt = a black and brown beetle

| image_caption = A sambus quadricolor beetle

| image = Sambus_quadricolor_quadricolor_(10.3897-BDJ.8.e48785)_Figure_5_c.jpg

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Polyphaga

| superfamilia = Buprestoidea

| familia = Buprestidae

| genus = Sambus

| genus_authority = Deyrolle, 1864

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

Species include:{{cite web |url=https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Sambus.htm|title=Genus Sambus |author=Bellamy, C. L. |date=2013 |work=A Checklist of World Buprestoidea |accessdate=7 Sep 2021}}

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Category:Buprestidae genera

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