Paroster
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Taxobox
| name = Paroster
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Coleoptera
| subordo = Adephaga
| familia = Dytiscidae
| genus = Paroster
| genus_authority = Sharp, 1882
| synonyms =Terradessus {{small|Watts, 1982}}
Nirripirti {{small|Watts & Humphreys, 2001}}
}}
Paroster is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Dytiscidae.txt Dytiscidae Species List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023021332/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Dytiscidae.txt |date=October 23, 2012 }} at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.
- 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):{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster nameslist |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Paroster/names |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}
- Paroster anophthalmus {{small|(Brancucci & Monteith, 1997)}}
- Paroster arachnoides {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster baylyi {{small|Hendrich & Fery, 2008}}
- Paroster bulbus {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster byroensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster caecus {{small|(Watts, 1982)}}
- Paroster copidotibiae {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster darlotensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster dingbatensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster eurypleuron {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster extraordinarius {{small|Leys, Roudnew & Watts, 2010}}
- Paroster fortisspina {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003}}
- Paroster hamoni {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster hinzeae {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2001)}}
- Paroster innouendyensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster killaraensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster macrocephalus {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster macrosturtensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2006)}}
- Paroster megamacrocephalus {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2006)}}
- Paroster mesosturtensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2006)}}
- Paroster microsturtensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2006)}}
- Paroster milgunensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster napperbyensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster newhavenensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster peelensis {{small|Watts, Hancock & Leys, 2008}}
- Paroster pentameres {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster plutonicensis {{small|(Watts & Humpheys, 2003)}}
- Paroster septum {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2006)}}
- Paroster skaphites {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster stegastos {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}
- Paroster tetrameres {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2006)}}
- Paroster ursulae {{small|Hendrich & Balke, 2008}}
- Paroster verrucosus {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2004)}}
- Paroster wedgeensis {{small|(Watts & Humphreys, 2003)}}