Paroster caecus

Paroster caecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
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 caecusWatts,1982

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]}

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.
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.