''Paroster niger'' is blind beetle in the Hydroporini tribe of the subfamily Hydroporinae in the
Dytiscidae family.
It was first described by Chris Watts in 1978.
Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island ( nys, Wadjemup), often colloquially referred to as "Rotto", is a island off the coast of Western Australia, located west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of aeolianite limestone, Rottnest is an A-class ...
, Western Australia,[
and it is found in the south-west of ]Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
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References
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Beetles described in 1978