@Article{Vantaux_etal2012,
author="Vantaux, A.
and Roux, O.
and Magro, A.
and Orivel, J.",
title="Evolutionary perspectives on myrmecophily in ladybirds",
journal="Psyche",
year="2012",
volume="591570",
pages="1--7",
abstract="Myrmecophiles are species that usually have developed specialized traits to cope with the aggressiveness of ants enabling them to live in their vicinity. Many coccinellid species are predators of Hemiptera; the latter is also often protected by ants. Therefore these ladybirds frequently interact with ants, and some species have become myrmecophilous. In this paper, we aim to provide an overview of the evolution of myrmecophilous traits in ladybirds. We then discuss the costs and benefits of myrmecophily and the dietary shift to myrmecophagy observed in a few species. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2012 Am{\'e}lie Vantaux et al.",
optnote="Export Date: 28 March 2012; Source: Scopus; Art. No.: 591570; doi: 10.1155/2012/591570; Language of Original Document: English; Correspondence Address: Vantaux, A.; Entomology Laboratory, Zoological Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; email: amelie.vantaux@gmail.com",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=388), last updated on Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:26:21 -0300",
issn="00332615 (Issn)",
opturl="http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858123700&partnerID=40&md5=cebc7558b26fb84f8ad90141ac7774e0"
}