title: A long-living species of the hydrophiloid beetles: Helophorus sibiricus from the early Miocene deposits of Kartashevo (Siberia, Russia).
abstract: The recent hydrophiloid species Helophorus (Gephelophorus) sibiricus (Motschulsky, 1860) is recorded from the early Miocene deposits of Kartashevo assigned to the Ombinsk Formation. A detailed comparison with recent specimens allowed a confident identification of the fossil specimen, which is therefore the oldest record of a recent species for the Hydrophiloidea. The paleodistribution as well as recent distribution of the species is summarized, and the relevance of the fossil is discussed. In addition, the complex geological settings of the Kartashevo area are briefly summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ-148 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fikáček
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prokin
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Angus