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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.

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Ottistirini
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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.

==Genera== These 18 genera belong to the tribe Ottistirini: Atrotitis Heller, 1925 - Papua New Guinea Ecezius Thompson, 1982 - the Solomon Islands Eutinophaea Pascoe, 1870 - New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia Ittostira Heller, 1925 - Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan Leacis Zimmerman, 1939 - Fiji Maleuterpes Blackburn, 1894 - New Caledonia, Australia, New Zealand Nesogenocis Lea, 1930 - Fiji Ottinychus Marshall, 1931 - Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu Ottistira Pascoe, 1872 - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia Ottistirellus Oberprieler R.G. & Zimmerman, 2020 - Australia Ottistirodes Oberprieler R.G. & Zimmerman, 2020 - Australia Reidius Oberprieler & Zimmerman, 2020 - Australia Schauenbergia Osella, 1977 - Réunion Syzygops Schoenherr, 1826 - Réunion, Mauritius Tistortia Heller, 1925 - Papua New Guinea Tistortiella Heller, 1925 - Papua New Guinea Tregoleus Oberprieler R.G. & Zimmerman, 2020 - Australia Weirius Oberprieler R.G. & Zimmerman, 2020 - Australia

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