| Paroster bulbus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Paroster |
| Species: | P. bulbus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paroster bulbus (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Nirripirti bulbus | |
Holotype site: Moorarie Station, WA1
Paroster bulbus is a water beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.1 It was first described by Chris Watts and William Humphreys in 2004 as Nirripirti bulbus.12 It was transferred to the genus, Paroster, in 2008 by Remko Leijs and Chris Watts.13
It is known only from the type locality in Western Australia.1
References
References
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster bulbus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- C.H.S. Watts; W.F. Humphreys (2004). "Thirteen new Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of the genera Boongurrus Larson, Tjirtudessus Watts & Humphreys and Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys, from underground waters in Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 128 (2): 99-129 [112]. ISSN 0372-1426. Wikidata Q111584938.
- Remko Leys; Chris H. Watts (2008). "Systematics and evolution of the Australian subterranean hydroporine diving beetles (Dytiscidae), with notes on Carabhydrus". Invertebrate Systematics. 22 (2): 217-225 [219]. doi:10.1071/IS07034. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q54538330.