Paroster caecus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Paroster
Species:
P. caecus
Binomial name
Paroster caecus
(Watts, 1982)
Synonyms[1]

Terradessus caecus Watts,1982

Paroster caecus is blind beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.[1] It was first described by Chris Watts in 1982 as Terradessus caecus.[1][2] It was transferred to the genus, Paroster, in 2016 by Toussaint, Hendrich and others.[1][3]

It is known only from the type locality, Mount Sorrow, Cape Tribulation in Queensland.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster caecus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
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