Wasp Mimicry among Palaeocene Reduviid Bugs from Svalbard

Torsten Wappler; Romain Garrouste; Michael S. Engel; Nel André

doi:10.4202/app.2011.0202

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1 December 2013 Wasp Mimicry among Palaeocene Reduviid Bugs from Svalbard

Torsten Wappler, Romain Garrouste, Michael S. Engel, Nel André

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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 58(4):883-887 (2013). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0202

Abstract

The enigmatic Svalbard Palaeocene fossil taxon Hymenopterites deperditus is revised, and is neither a wasp nor a plant seed, but turns out to be a bug hemelytra corresponding to the oldest described reduviid bug. It can be attributable to the “emesine-saicine clade”. The presence in the Svalbard Palaeocene of this insectivorous bug, showing possible mimicry of a wasp model, confirms the presence of diverse entomofauna and of rather warm palaeoclimatic conditions.

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Torsten Wappler, Romain Garrouste, Michael S. Engel, and Nel André "Wasp Mimicry among Palaeocene Reduviid Bugs from Svalbard," Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(4), 883-887, (1 December 2013). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0202

Received: 20 December 2011; Accepted: 12 April 2012; Published: 1 December 2013

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