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Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bug from Svalbard
Wappler, Torsten Garrouste, Romain Engel, Michael S. Nel, André
Wappler, Torsten
Garrouste, Romain
Engel, Michael S.
Nel, André
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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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2013
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Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii
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Wappler al. (2013). Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bugs from Svalbard. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58(4):883-887. http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0202