%0 Journal Article %T Revision of the genus Harpasus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorini) %A Corr¨ºa %A Geovan H. %A Almeida %A L¨²cia M. %J Revista Brasileira de Entomologia %D 2010 %I Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia %R 10.1590/S0085-56262010000300002 %X harpasus mulsant, 1850 was studied based on the morphology of the exoskeleton and genitalia. the type material of harpasus aureus almeida & carvalho, 2006, h. quadrifolium gonz¨¢lez, corr¨ºa & almeida, 2008 and a homotype of h. zonatus (mulsant, 1850) were examined. the lectotype of h. eversmanni (mulsant, 1850) was designated and two new species were described, harpasus unifasciatus sp. nov. (teres¨®polis, rj, brazil) and harpasus ferrugineus sp. nov. (puerto carre£¿o, vichada, colombia). herein a diagnosis for the genus and its seven species, identification key and information about biological aspects are presented. %K key %K neotropical %K new species %K taxonomy. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0085-56262010000300002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en