Paroster caecus

Paroster caecus is blind beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.^[2] It was first described by Chris Watts in 1982 as Terradessus caecus.^[2][3] It was transferred to the genus, Paroster, in 2016 by Toussaint, Hendrich and others.^[2][4]

Paroster caecus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Paroster
Species:	P. caecus
Binomial name
Paroster caecus (Watts, 1982)
Occurrence data: ( FMNHINS 0003 568 155 Cape Tribulation, QLD)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Terradessus caecus Watts,1982

It is known only from the type locality, Mount Sorrow, Cape Tribulation in Queensland,^[2] where it has been found in rainforest.^[1]

References

1. Grant S, Webbink K, Turcatel M, Shuman R (2024). "Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Insect, Arachnid and Myriapod Collection. Version 12.60. Field Museum. Occurrence 1427533845". Retrieved 6 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster caecus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
3. C.H.S. Watts (1982). "A blind terrestrial water beetle from Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 20 (3): 527–531. ISSN 0079-8835. Wikidata Q111569627.
4. EMMANUEL F. A. TOUSSAINT; LARS HENDRICH; HERMES E. ESCALONA; NICK PORCH; MICHAEL BALKE (22 April 2016). "Evolutionary history of a secondary terrestrial Australian diving beetle (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) reveals a lineage of high morphological and ecological plasticity". Systematic Entomology. 41 (3): 650–657. doi:10.1111/SYEN.12182. ISSN 0307-6970. Wikidata Q99966013.