Spatial and temporal cooccurrence among Neotropical native coccinellids and the exotic Harmonia axyridis

Coccinellids are important biological control agents and aphid predators in horticultural crops around the world. Neotropical Cycloneda sanguinea, Eriopis connexa Coleomegilla quadrifasciata octodecimpustulata, exotic Harmonia axyridis (all Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), that mainly feed on aphids. In this work we described abundance of these coccinellid species their spatial temporal cooccurrence agroecological eggplant crop Argentina. We also estimate intensity symmetry intraguild predation between C. octodecimpustulata other laboratory experiments. Both segregation was observed. H. strongest predator interaction with latter sanguinea E. connexa. context, native would be vulnerable to invasive axyridis; however, lack ones, under conditions low density extra-guild prey indicate could mechanism by which coexist crop.