Review Article

Reproductive Interference and Niche Partitioning in Aphidophagous Insects

Table 2

Comparison of niche utilization among sympatrically distributed congeneric ladybird species of the United Kingdom (UK) and Japan.

GenusSpeciesFood, host plants, and habitats

UK
AdaliaA. bipunctataVarious herbaceous and arboreal habitats
A. decempunctataVarious arboreal habitats, but more specialized than A. bipunctata
ChilocorusC. renipustulatusCoccids; broad-leaved deciduous trees
C. bipustulatusCoccids; Calluna, Leyland cypress, and other trees; heathland
CoccidulaC. rufaReeds, reed-mace, rushes, and wetland grasses
C. scutellataReeds, reed-mace, and rushes
CoccinellaC. undecimpunctataAphids; herbaceous habitats, especially in coastal areas
C. quinquepunctataAphids; low-growing herbaceous plants such as nettle, thistles, bitter-cress, and angelica; unstable river shingle
C. septempunctataA variety of aphid species on an extensive range of low-growing herbaceous host plants; habitats including agroecosystem, grassland, heathland, and coniferous and deciduous woodland
C. magnificaAnt-attended aphids; Scots pine and other plants close to ant nests of genus Formica
C. hieroglyphicaLarvae of the heather leaf beetle Lochmaea suturalis and the heather aphid Aphis callunae
NephusN. bisignatusLow-growing vegetation in coastal regions
N. quadrimaculatusConiferous and deciduous woodlands
N. redtenbacheriVarious low-growing vegetation in both inland and coastal regions
ScymnusS. nigrinusNeedleleaf conifers
S. frontalisLow-growing vegetation in dry habitats and on coastal dunes
S. femoralisLow-growing vegetation on well-drained soils
S. schmidtiVarious types of low-growing vegetation
S. haemorrhoidalisLow-growing vegetation and small shrubs, particularly in damp areas
S. auritusOak trees
S. limbatusWillow, sallow, and poplar trees
S. suturalisNeedleleaf conifers, occasionally deciduous trees
S. interruptusPseudococcids and diaspidids in diverse habitats
RhyzobiusR. chrysomeloidesPine trees, deciduous trees, and ivy
R. lituraLow-growing vegetation, especially grasses and thistles
R. lophanthaeCoccids and diaspidids on trees
Japan
CalviaC. quindecimguttataReeds
C. muiriVarious habitats, especially bamboo grasses
ChilocorusC. kuwanaeCoccids such as Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
C. rubidusKermococcus coccids on plum, cherry, chestnut, and oak
C. mikadoQuercus gilva
HarmoniaH. axyridisVarious habitats, mainly arboreal
H. yedoensisPine trees
OenopiaO. scalarisPine trees
O. hirayamaiVarious arboreal habitats
PseudoscymnusP. sylvaticusInside galls of Tuberocephalus sasakii on cherry and of Ceratovacuna nekoashi on storax
P. pilicrepusEusocial aphid Colophina arma on the subshrub Clematis stans
Scymnus  S. posticalisVarious herbaceous and arboreal habitats
S. yamatoWetland, mainly on reeds
S. babaiWetland
S. ohtaiWetland
S. hoffmanniWetland
S. nakaikemensisWetland
S. otohimeChestnut; prey is Moritziella castaneivora, which infects chestnut cases

Information on UK ladybirds is from Roy et al. [35] and Majerus [36]. Information on Japanese ladybirds is from Sasaji [24] and Shiyake [37].