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Issue: Vol. 5463 No. 1: 4 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.4
Page range: 63-83
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Sympatric species of Heilipus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hylobiini) on fruits of Lauraceae: a new species from Brazil and redescription of Heilipus draco (Fabricius, 1801)

Graduate program in Biological Science (Zoology); Institute of Biosciences; São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP); Rua Prof. Dr. Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin 250; 18618-689—Botucatu; São Paulo; Brazil
Department of Biodiversity; Federal University of Paraná; Setor Palotina; Jardim Dallas; 85950-000—Palotina; Paraná; Brazil
Program of Entomology and Acarology; Colegio de Postgraduados; Campus Montecillo; Texcoco 56264; State of Mexico; Mexico
School of Life Sciences; Arizona State University; PO Box 874501; Tempe; AZ 85287-4501; USA
Departament of Zoology; Federal University of Paraná; Jardim das Américas; 81531-980—Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil
Department of Entomology and Acarology; Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ); University of São Paulo (USP); Av. Pádua Dias 11; 13418-900—Piracicaba; São Paulo; Brazil
Department of Entomology and Acarology; Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ); University of São Paulo (USP); Av. Pádua Dias 11; 13418-900—Piracicaba; São Paulo; Brazil
Department of Entomology and Acarology; Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ); University of São Paulo (USP); Av. Pádua Dias 11; 13418-900—Piracicaba; São Paulo; Brazil
Department of Entomology and Acarology; Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ); University of São Paulo (USP); Av. Pádua Dias 11; 13418-900—Piracicaba; São Paulo; Brazil
Coleoptera Host plants Molytinae Nectandra angustifolia Ocotea puberula seed predators weevils taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Heilipus Germar (Curculionidae: Hylobiini) is an American weevil group with 89 described species, of which 28 species are known from Brazil. Here, we describe a new species of Heilipus from Brazil and redescribe H. draco (Fabricius, 1801). Heilipus vividaensis Sanz-Veiga, Savaris & Leivas, sp. nov. and H. draco are similar sympatric species, reared from fruits of Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees and Nectandra angustifolia (Schrad.) Nees & Mart. (Lauraceae) in south and southeast Brazil. External morphological and genitalia descriptions, illustrations, distribution records, notes on the host plant, and a barcode DNA sequence are provided for both species.

 

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