Allastena

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Luperini
Subtribus: Luperina
Genus: Allastena
Species (4): A. eminens – A. nitida – A. piliventris – A. quadrata
Name

Allastena Broun, 1893: 1318

Type species: Allastena nitida Broun, 1893, by original designation ['The hind-body differs in form from that of the typical species ...' - Broun (1893: 1319, clearly referring to Allastena nitida)]
References
Primary references

Broun, T. 1893. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part V. Pp. iv + 975–1320. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL Reference page. [first availability, see part V, p. 1318]