Revision of Mesozoic fossils of the helophorid lineage of the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) Author Fikáček, Martin Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: mfikacek @ gmail. com & Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic; e-mail: jprokop @ natur. cuni. cz Author Prokin, Alexander Papanin Institute for Inland Water Biology, Russian Academy of Science, Borok, Russia; e-mail: prokina @ mail. ru & Voronezh State University, Research-Educational Centre “ Venevitinovo ”, Voronezh, Russia Author Angus, Robert B. Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK; e-mail: r. angus @ rhul. ac. uk Author Pono, Alexander Author Marenko Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; e-mail: aponom @ paleo. ru Author Yue, Yanli School of Life Science, Ningxia University, Ningxia, China; e-mail: yueyanli 0407 @ yahoo. cn Author Ren, Dong Author Prokop, Jakub Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic; e-mail: jprokop @ natur. cuni. cz text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2012 2012-06-30 52 1 89 127 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5330604 0374-1036 5330604 Helophorus ( Mesosperchus ) inceptivus sp. nov. ( Figs. 27 , 81–82 , 107, 111 ) Type locality and age. Mongolia , Gobi-Altai Province , SE Ajbogd-uul Range, S of Mount Shar-Teg, fossil site Shar-Teg, exposure 442/2; Shar-Teg sequence, Late Jurassic, Tithonian, ca. 150–145 mya ( GUBIN & SINITZA 1996 ; RASNITSYN & ZHERIKHIN 2002 ; YAN & ZHANG 2010 ). Material examined ( 1 spec. ). HOLOTYPE : PIN 4270/1008 (piece only). Description. Adult : Body rather wide, body length 3.9 mm . Frons partly bearing weak granulation, gula wide, antenna with three-segmented antennal club. Pronotum transverse, with simply arcuate lateral margins and slightly angulate posterior margin; surface bearing five longitudinal grooves, all pronotal intervals with well-developed (through mostly only weakly preserved) granulation; anterolateral corners of pronotum probably not projecting. Prothoracic antennal grooves probably present. Elytron with 10 series of punctures, all series finely impressed; elytral intervals flat. Mesocoxal cavities very narrowly separated from each other, metaventrite slightly longer than mesoventrite. Mesotibia with several longitudinal series of spines, bearing few larger spines on distal margin; abdomen with five ventrites.