Pseudopanurgus albitarsis (Cresson 1872) ( rudbeckiae group) (New state record)

(Fig. 9)

County records: Berrien.

Notes. A member of the rudbeckiae species group (i.e. Pterosarus Timberlake) often associated with prairies, but extends east locally to North Carolina (Mitchell, 1960) and Virginia (Droege, pers. comm., 2015) and north in the Midwestern United States to Wisconsin (Droege, pers. comm., 2007) in addition to Michigan. Not reported from the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern United States north of Virginia other than a state record for Connecticut by Mitchell (1960) that we cannot confirm and consider unlikely.

Material examined. Berrien Co.: Southwest Michigan Research and Education Center, 42.084 -88.3535, 23 Aug. 2016, Coreopsis tripteris (1 ♂ MSUC: RI).