Paroster

Paroster is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:^[2]

• Paroster couragei Watts, 1978^[1]
• Paroster gibbi Watts, 1978^[1]
• Paroster insculptilis (Clark, 1862)^[1]
• Paroster michaelseni Régimbart, 1908^[1]
• Paroster niger Watts, 1978^[1]
• Paroster nigroadumbratus (Clark, 1862)^[1]
• Paroster pallescens Sharp, 1882^[1]
• Paroster sharpi Watts, 1978^[1]
• Paroster thapsinus (Guignot, 1955)

Paroster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Paroster Sharp, 1882
Synonyms[1]
Terradessus Watts, 1982 Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys, 2001

together with these (listed as valid by the Australian Faunal Directory):^[1]

• Paroster anophthalmus (Brancucci & Monteith, 1997)
• Paroster arachnoides (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster baylyi Hendrich & Fery, 2008
• Paroster bulbus (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster byroensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster caecus (Watts, 1982)
• Paroster copidotibiae (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster darlotensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster dingbatensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster eurypleuron (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster extraordinarius Leys, Roudnew & Watts, 2010
• Paroster fortisspina (Watts & Humphreys, 2003
• Paroster hamoni (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster hinzeae (Watts & Humphreys, 2001)
• Paroster innouendyensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster killaraensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster macrocephalus (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster macrosturtensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2006)
• Paroster megamacrocephalus (Watts & Humphreys, 2006)
• PParoster mesosturtensis (Watts & Humpreys, 2006)
• Paroster microsturtensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2006)
• Paroster milgunensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster napperbyensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster newhavenensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster peelensis Watts, Hancock & Leys, 2008
• Paroster pentameres (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster plutonicensis (Watts & Humpheys, 2003)
• Paroster septum (Watts & Humphreys, 2006)
• Paroster skaphites (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster stegastos (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
• Paroster tetrameres (Watts & Humphreys, 2006)
• Paroster ursulae Hendrich & Balke, 2008
• Paroster verrucosus (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
• Paroster wedgeensis (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster nameslist". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
2. Dytiscidae Species List Archived October 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.