Paroster caecus

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| taxon = Paroster caecus

| authority = (Watts, 1982)

| synonyms = Terradessus caecus {{small|Watts,1982}}

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| range_map_caption = Occurrence data: ( FMNHINS 0003 568 155 Cape Tribulation, QLD){{cite web|author=Grant S, Webbink K, Turcatel M, Shuman R |date=2024|title= Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Insect, Arachnid and Myriapod Collection. Version 12.60. Field Museum. Occurrence 1427533845|url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1427533845

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Paroster caecus is blind beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the Dytiscidae family.{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Paroster caecus |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Paroster_caecus |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}} It was first described by Chris Watts in 1982 as Terradessus caecus.{{cite Q|Q111569627}} It was transferred to the genus, Paroster, in 2016 by Toussaint, Hendrich and others.{{cite Q|Q99966013}}

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