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Paroster

Paroster is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:Paroster couragei Watts, 1978 Paroster gibbi Watts, 1978 Paroster insculptilis (Clark, 1862) Paroster michaelseni Régimbart, 1908 Paroster niger Watts, 1978 Paroster nigroadumbratus (Clark, 1862) Paroster pallescens Sharp, 1882 Paroster sharpi Watts, 1978 Paroster thapsinus (Guignot, 1955)

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Tribe: Hydroporini
Genus: Paroster
Sharp, 1882
Synonyms1

Terradessus Watts, 1982
Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys, 2001

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

  • Paroster couragei Watts, 19781
  • Paroster gibbi Watts, 19781
  • Paroster insculptilis (Clark, 1862)1
  • Paroster michaelseni Régimbart, 19081
  • Paroster niger Watts, 19781
  • Paroster nigroadumbratus (Clark, 1862)1
  • Paroster pallescens Sharp, 18821
  • Paroster sharpi Watts, 19781
  • Paroster thapsinus (Guignot, 1955)

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)
  • Paroster mesosturtensis (Watts & Humphreys, 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

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.