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Issue: Vol. 5336 No. 2: 22 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.3
Page range: 206-216
Abstract views: 243
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Four new species of Heilus Kuschel 1955 (Curculionidae, Molytinae, Molytini, Hylobiina) from Brazil

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Instituto de Biociências; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia; Av. Fernando Correa da Costa; 2367; Boa Esperança; Cuiabá; MT; Brazil; 78060-900
Centro de Ciências da Saúde; Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia; Av. Carlos Amaral; 1015; Cajueiro; Santo Antônio de Jesus; Bahia; Brazil; 44430-622
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Instituto de Biociências; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia; Av. Fernando Correa da Costa; 2367; Boa Esperança; Cuiabá; MT; Brazil; 78060-900
Coleoptera biodiversity Neotropical region taxonomy weevil species discovery

Abstract

Four new species, namely Heilus rosadonetoi Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov., Heilus christinae Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov., Heilus vanini Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov., and Heilus obrieni Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov., are described from Brazil. The new species are illustrated with habitus photographs and drawings of male and female genitalia. The present study expands the diversity of the genus Heilus to include 22 species in the Neotropical region, with the highest number of species (16 species) distributed in Brazil.

 

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