Name - Paroster Sharp 1882

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1957618 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys 2001

• Paroster

• Terradessus Watts 1982

• Typhlodessus Brancucci 1985

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus,Unknown

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Systematics and evolution of the Australian subterranean hydroporine diving beetles (Dytiscidae), with notes on Carabhydrus.
• Review of the epigean species of Paroster Sharp, 1882, with descriptions of three new species, and phylogeny based on DNA sequence data of two mitochondrial genes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae).
• Larval morphology of Paroster Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): reinforcement of the hypothesis of monophyletic origin and discussion of phenotypic accommodation to a hypogaeic environment.
• Evolutionary history of a secondary terrestrial Australian diving beetle (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) reveals a lineage of high morphological and ecological plasticity.
• New Caledonia's enigmatic terrestrial diving beetle Typhlodessus monteithi is a derived species of Paroster.

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