Species Paroster caecus (Watts, 1982)

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Species Paroster caecus (Watts, 1982)

Terradessus caecus Watts, C.H.S. 1982. A blind terrestrial water beetle from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 527-531 pl. 1 [527 pl. 1].
Type data:
Holotype QM T.8505 ♂, Mt Sorrow, Cape Tribulation, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM 16 specimens; ANIC 2 specimens; BMNH 1 specimen.

Generic Combinations

Paroster caecus (Watts, 1982). —
Toussaint, E.F.A., Hendrich, L., Escalona, H.E., Porch, N. & Balke, M. 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 [Date published July 2016] [652]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: blind, closed forest, litter, montane, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2016	Hydroporinae	26-Jun-2016	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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