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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.