Wappler, TorstenGarrouste, RomainEngel, Michael S.Nel, André2014-07-012014-07-012013Wappler al. (2013). Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bugs from Svalbard. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58(4):883-887. http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.02020567-7920https://hdl.handle.net/1808/14424This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110202.htmlThe 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.Article10.4202/app.2011.0202openAccess