Paralissotes is a genus of stag beetle that is endemic to New Zealand.

New Zealand species previously placed in the Australian Lissotes genus were transferred to Paralissotes due to notable differences in the form of the elytral scales.

[2] Paralissotes reticulatus is the type species for this genus.

[2] This genus is distributed from Three Kings Islands to as far south as Waimate in the South Island at altitudes below 1000m.

These stag beetles are absent from the Chatham Islands.