Paroster caecus

Paroster caecus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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)
Synonyms

Terradessus caecus Watts,1982

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

It is known only from the type locality, Mount Sorrow, Cape Tribulation in Queensland, where it has been found in rainforest.

References

  1. 1 2 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster caecus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Watts, Chris (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; Hendrich, Lars; Escalona, Hermes; Porch, Nick; Balke, Michael (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. Wikidata Q99966013. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for EMMANUEL F. A. TOUSSAINT  (help)