Polysastra metallica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Galerucini
Genus: Polysastra
Species: Polysastra metallica

Name

Polysastra metallica (Jacoby, 1886)

Type locality: New Guinea, Ramoi.

Holotype: MSNG. female ♀. 1872. legit L.M. D'Albertis.

Synonymy

• Sastra metallica Jacoby, 1886: 72 (original combination)
• Polysastra metallica (Jacoby, 1886): Shute, 1983: 238.

References

Primary references

• Jacoby, M. 1886. Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera from the Indo-Malayan and Austro-Malayan sub-regions, contained in the Genoa Civic Museum. Third part. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Series 2. 24: 41–121. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shute, S.L. 1983. Key to the genera of galerucine beetles of New Guinea, with a review of Sastra and related new taxa (Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46(3): 205–266. BHL. Reference page.