The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns Author Majka, Christopher G. Author Mccorquodale, David B. text Zootaxa 2006 1154 49 68 journal article 50597 10.5281/zenodo.273410 9a045ec1-bcfa-42d1-bbe2-6148c3645bdd 1175­5326 273410 Coccinella undecimpunctata undecimpunctata Linné NOVA SCOTIA : Cumberland County: Parrsboro, 12 August 1947 , R. McDunnough, 9 specimens , CNC; Halifax County: Halifax, 26 August 1945 , D.C. Ferguson, NSMC; Port Wallis , 24 May 1953 , D. Gray, NSMC; Kings County: Evangeline Beach, 22 November 1953 , D.C. Ferguson, NSMC. This adventive Palearctic species was first reported in Nova Scotia by Chapin (1956) . The above records establish its presence in the province as early as 1945. It was accidentally introduced to North America and first recorded in 1912 in Massachusetts ( Schaeffer 1912 ). Since then it has spread along the American seaboard and the St Lawrence River waterway from Ohio to the Maritimes Provinces and Newfoundland. Watson (1979) and Wheeler & Hoebeke (1981) both document its changing distribution and discuss the role of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the railway system in facilitating its dispersion.