Paroster caecus

Paroster caecus is blind beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.^[2] It was first described by Chris Watts in 1982 as Terradessus caecus.^[2][3] It was transferred to the genus, Paroster, in 2016 by Toussaint, Hendrich and others.^[2][4]

Paroster caecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Terradessus caecus Watts,1982

It is known only from the type locality, Mount Sorrow, Cape Tribulation in Queensland,^[2] where it has been found in rainforest.^[1]