Interactions between ants and aphidophagous and coccidophagous ladybirds

By M. Majerus, J. J. Sloggett, J. Godeau, Jean-Louis Hemptinne. Population Ecology, 2006

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Intraguild predation involving Harmonia axyridis: a review of current knowledge and future perspectives (2008, background): “Many aphids and coccids are myrmecophilous and gain benefits from being associated with ants, including protection from natural enemies, in exchange for food in the form of honeydew (e.g., Hölldobler and Wilson 1990; Jiggins et al. 1993; Majerus et al. 2007).”
The evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae (2009, background): “pallens Mulsant (Ortaliini) (Harris, 1921; Samways et al., 1997; Majerus et al., 2007), and Scymnodes bellus Pope and Lawrence (Scymnini) (Pope and Lawrence, 1990)).”
Scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies and psyllids (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) as prey of ladybirds (2009, background): “Ants may kill or disrupt the foraging of both adult and larval coccinellids (Majerus et al., 2007).”
Lady beetle oviposition behavior in response to the trophic environment (2009, unknown): “Ants that tend aphids frequently have adverse effects on natural enemies, including lady beetles (Majerus et al., 2007).”
Assessing the trophic ecology of the Coccinellidae: Their roles as predators and as prey (2009, background): “Bio- that regularly consume coccinellid eggs (Harwood et al., in press) and larvae (Lucas, 2005; Pell et al., 2008), and ants that defend herbivorous prey from coccinellid predation (Majerus et al., 2007).”