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- Title
A long-living species of the hydrophiloid beetles: Helophorus sibiricus from the early Miocene deposits of Kartashevo (Siberia, Russia).
- Authors
Fikáček, Martin; Prokin, Alexander; Angus, Robert B.
- 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.
- Subjects
SIBERIA (Russia); RUSSIA; PALEOENTOMOLOGY; FOSSIL insects; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2011, Vol 130, p239
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.130.1378