title: Paroster
text: # 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)
  
  together with these (listed as valid by the Australian Faunal Directory):
  
  * 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)
  