Density-Dependent Benefits in Ant-Hemipteran Mutualism? The Case of the Ghost Ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the Invasive Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
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Effect of ant tending, the presence of parasitoids, and initial mealybug density on the percentage of parasitism.
(A): Ant tending; (B): Initial mealybug density.