Pseudopanurgus albitarsis (Cresson 1872)

Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, Zootaxa 4352 (1), pp. 1-160 : 37

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

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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).

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FIGURE 9. Oblique habitus of male Pseudopanurgus albitarsis (Cockerell).