Ottistirini is a weevil tribe in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about 18 genera and more than 110 described species in Ottistirini. Most are found on Pacific islands, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.[1][2][3]

Ottistirini
Adult specimen of Maleuterpes spinipes
Maleuterpes spinipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Ottistirini
Heller, 1925

Genera

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These 18 genera belong to the tribe Ottistirini:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H. C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 978-84-605-9994-4.
  2. ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Ottistirini Heller, 1925". Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  • Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Lyal, C.H.C. 1999: A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona.
  • Heller, K.M. 1925: Bestimmungsschlüssel aussereuropäischer Käfer. Curculionidae, Tribus n.: Ottistirini. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 42(4-10): 55-91 + pl. I.
  • Kuschel, G. 2008: Curculionoidea (weevils) of New Caledonia and Vanuatu: ancestral families and some Curculionidae. In: Grandcolas, P. (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 197: 99-250. ISBN 9782856536056 ISSN 1243-4442
  • Oberprieler, R.G. 2010: A reclassification of the weevil subfamily Cyclominae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 2515: 1–35.
  • Zimmerman, E.C. 1939: Revision of the Fijian Ottistirini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Occasional papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 14: 301–312.