Harmostes Burmeister

Pall, José Luis & Coscarón, María del Camen, 2012, The Rhopalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Argentina, Journal of Natural History 46 (23 - 24), pp. 1441-1465 : 1448-1449

Genus Harmostes Burmeister

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Harmostes Burmeister, 1835: 307 . Type species: Harmostes dorsalis Burmeister , monotypic.

Note: Göllner-Scheiding (1978) revised this genus and included a key (pp.307–310) to its two subgenera and 25 species, the following year she presented additional information on the genus ( Göllner-Scheiding 1979).

Diagnosis. Body oblong oval to elongate oval; vertex relatively flat; pronotum generally with median line slightly raised, without linear elevations on either side of mid-line; metapleuron not divided; humeral angle not produced; hind margin truncate, or notched just below humeral angle; thorax and abdomen grooved for labium; hind femora generally with more than three thick spines; extending to, or beyond tip terga fused; third and fourth tergal sutures obliterated hemelytra covering abdominal connexiva.

Figures

Figure 1(A–J). (A) Head and pronotum; (B) suture between abdominal segments III and IV and sternites IV and V; (C) Jadera Stål; (D) pronotum; (E) suture between visible abdominal segments III and IV; (F, G) posterior femur; (H) head and pronotum; (I) clypeus; (J) Harmostes Burmeister.