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 Hippodamia convergens Guérin­Méneville NOVA SCOTIA : Halifax County: Halifax, 26 June 2001 , C.G. Majka, CGMC. Newly recorded in Nova Scotia . Found throughout almost the entirety of the United States north to central Maine ( Gordon 1985 ); in Canada found from British Columbia to New Brunswick ( McNamara 1991 ). The specimen collected in Halifax was found along the railway tracks suggesting the possibility it may have been brought to the province by rail. Specimens of H. convergens are also sold as a biocontrol agent by garden centers, another possible origin of this specimen.