Habitat preferences and diet in the predatory Coccinellidae (Coleoptera): an evolutionary perspective

By J. J. Sloggett, M. Majerus. 2000

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The evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae (2009, background): “Comprehensive treatments of these subjects have been published recently by Hodek and Honěk (1996) (food preferences and classification), Sloggett and Majerus (2000) (food preferences), Ślipiński (2007) (food preferences and classification), and Vandenberg (2002) (classification).”
Costs and benefits of prey specialization in a generalist insect predator (2002, result): “This idea follows from another study (Sloggett & Majerus 2000b), which purports to show that non-ant-attended aphids are a scarce resource for ladybirds from late July onwards in temperate regions, and this has resulted in the prey specialization of ladybirds like A. decempunctata and Coccinella mag”
Interactions between ants and aphidophagous and coccidophagous ladybirds (2006, background): “Little work has been conducted on the role of enemy-free space in the evolution of habitat preferences in coccinellids, although it appears to be weak when compared with food-related factors (Sloggett and Majerus 2000b).”
Lady beetles as predators of insects other than Hemiptera (2009, unknown): “Sloggett and Majerus (2000) suggest that the evolution of such novel diets among lady beetles may be driven primarily by prey (e.g., aphid) shortage early or late in the season, and may in turn lead to restricted habitat preferences.”