Four new species of Heilus Kuschel 1955 (Curculionidae, Molytinae, Molytini, Hylobiina) from Brazil Author Lira, Aline De Oliveira Author Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia. Av. Carlos Amaral, 1015, Cajueiro, Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil. 44430 - 622 Author Marques, Marinêz Isaac text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-22 5336 2 206 216 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.3 1175-5326 8272463 CEA133DE-EB8D-485C-BA98-241F5BB62D09 Genus Heilus Kuschel, 1955 Heilus Kuschel, 1955:292 (key); O’Brien & Wibmer 1982:79 (catalog); Wibmer & O’Brien 1986:144 (catalog); Maes & O’Brien 1990:24 (checklist); Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal 1999:201 (catalog); Morrone 1999:55 (checklist); Rheinheimer 2010:68 (checklist); O’Brien & Turnbow 2011:28 (checklist); Lira et al. 2020 (revision). Type species: Heilipus inaequalis Boheman, 1836 , by original designation. Diagnosis. The genus Heilus can be recognized by the basal fold of the first abdominal ventrite expanded posteriorly into the ventrite, surrounding the posterior coxae; funicle with second antennomere longer than others; pronotum and elytra covered with scales, granules or tubercles of different size and forms, and arrangements; metasternum punctate, variably covered with scales, with smooth longitudinal median line; endophallus with endophallites in various arrangements. The species of Heilus have a predominantly Neotropical distribution, with only H. bioculatus recorded from the Nearctic region and Central America, H. caecus (Champion, 1902) , H. costaricensis (Champion, 1902) , and H. sinuatus (Boheman, 1843) in Central America, and H. admixtus (Hustache, 1938) , H. asperulus (Erichson, 1847) , H. bistigma (Hustache, 1938) , H. christinae Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov. , H. faldermanni (Boheman, 1836) , H. fasciculatus (Boheman, 1843) , H. freyreissi (Boheman, 1836) , H. inaequalis (Boheman, 1836) , H. iniquus (Kirsch, 1874) , H. inornatus (Kirsch, 1874) , H. myops (Boheman, 1836) , H. obrieni Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov. , H. ochrifer (Boheman, 1843) , H. pupillatus (Oliver, 1790) , H. rosadonetoi Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov. , H. rufescens (Boheman, 1836) , H. tuberculosus (Perty, 1832) , H. vanini Lira, De Sousa & Marques sp. nov. , all in South America.