The effect of an ant-hemipteran mutualism on the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) in southern Mexico.

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Shade Coffee: Update on a Disappearing Refuge for Biodiversity (2014, background): “Ants and spiders, for example, reduce the damage caused by the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Perfecto and Vandermeer 2006), and the coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera Figure 3.”
Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services (2009, background): “For example, Perfecto and Vandermeer (2006) showed how the abundance of the scale insect Coccus viridis and a mutualistic interaction with its attendant ant species Azteca instabilis influenced the degree of damage inflicted on coffee berries by the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (table 2).”
A Review of Ecosystem Services, Farmer Livelihoods, and Value Chains in Shade Coffee Agroecosystems (2011, background): “For example, ants and spiders reduce damage to coffee plants caused by the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Larsen and Philpott 2010; Armbrecht and Gallego 2007; Perfecto and Vandermeer 2006; Vélez et al. 2001) and the coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella Guer.”
Ants defend coffee from berry borer colonization (2013, background): “Third, as adult borers disperse (ﬂying or crawling) to colonize new berries, ants may prevent them from entering new berries (Pardee and Philpott 2011; Perfecto and Vandermeer 2006; Philpott et al. 2012).”