Harmonia quadripunctata Pontoppidan

Majka, Christopher G. & Mccorquodale, David B., 2006, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation concerns, Zootaxa 1154, pp. 49-68 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273410
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620979
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scientific name	Harmonia quadripunctata Pontoppidan
status

Treatment

NEW BRUNSWICK: Westmorland County: Moncton, 1965–71, C.G. Majka, CGMC.

This Palearctic species was established in the United States as early as 1924 and is now found in New York and New Jersey ( Vandenberg 1990). The specimen collected in New Brunswick (specific date not recorded) apparently represents an accidental conveyance of this species by road, rail, or air to Moncton, a major transportation hub. There is no evidence that the species has become established; consequently it is not included as part of the region’s fauna.

References

Vandenberg, N. J. (1990) First North American records for Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidian) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae); a lady beetle native to the Palearctic. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 92, 407 - 410.