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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 3: June 2026
Type: Personalia
Published: 2026-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.3.1
Page range: 201-208
Abstract views: 51
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Professor Ole Engel Heie—marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the pioneering aphidologist who conducted extensive research on fossil aphids

Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; Katowice 40-007; Poland
Kammerrådensvej 2970 Hørsholm; Denmark
Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; Katowice 40-007; Poland
Professor Ole Engel Heie—marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the pioneering aphidologist who conducted extensive research on fossil aphids

Abstract

Aphids constitute a specific group of insects characterised by a complex lifestyle which involves heterogony combined with host alternation. Such adaptations are closely related to seasons of temperate climates of the northern hemisphere (Heie, 1994; Perkovsky & Wegierek, 2017). Therefore, these hemipterans have attracted keen interest among entomologists in northern regions of Europe and America. The economic importance of these sucking phytophages could not be ignored either. Accordingly, aphid bionomy and phylogeny have been the subject of intensive studies.

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