Paroster arachnoides

Paroster arachnoides is water beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.^[1] It was first described by Chris Watts and William Humphreys in 2004 as Nirripirti arachnoides.^[1][2] It was transferred to the genus, Paroster, in 2008 by Remko Leijs and Chris Watts.^[1][3]

Paroster arachnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Genus:	Paroster
Species:	P. arachnoides
Binomial name
Paroster arachnoides (Watts & Humphreys, 2004)
Synonyms[1]
Nirripirti arachnoides Watts & Humphreys, 2004

Holotype site: Byro Station, Yalcallia Well, WA'"`UNIQ--ref-00000007-QINU`"'

It is known only from the type locality in Western Australia.^[1]