Paroster niger

Paroster niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Paroster
Species:	P. niger
Binomial name
	Paroster niger; Watts, 1978

Paroster niger is blind beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.¹ It was first described by Chris Watts in 1978.¹²

The type locality is Rottnest Island, Western Australia,¹ and it is found in the south-west of Western Australia.¹

References

Watts, C. H. S. (1978). "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster niger". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 57: 1–166. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
CHS Watts (1978). "A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 26 (57): 1-166 [56 fig. 106]. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54576498.

[afd-1] Watts, C. H. S. (1978). "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster niger". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 57: 1–166. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[watts-2] CHS Watts (1978). "A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 26 (57): 1-166 [56 fig. 106]. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54576498.

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