Paroster

Genus of beetles

Paroster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Dytiscidae
Genus:
Paroster

Sharp, 1882
Synonyms[1]

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, 1978[1]
  • Paroster gibbi Watts, 1978[1]
  • Paroster insculptilis (Clark, 1862)[1]
  • Paroster michaelseni Régimbart, 1908[1]
  • Paroster niger Watts, 1978[1]
  • Paroster nigroadumbratus (Clark, 1862)[1]
  • Paroster pallescens Sharp, 1882[1]
  • Paroster sharpi Watts, 1978[1]
  • 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)
  • PParoster mesosturtensis (Watts & Humpreys, 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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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.
Taxon identifiers
Paroster


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