Planetella sp. C

Ševčík, Jan, Hippa, Heikki, Burdíková, Nikola, Sopuch, Kryštof, Skuhravá, Marcela & Bruun, Hans Henrik, 2023, Integrative taxonomy of Central European Planetella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) indicates high species diversity, intraspecific variation and low host specificity, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63 (2), pp. 413-450 : 445

Planetella sp. C

Material examined. SLOVAKIA: Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area, Steblová skala, 16.iv.–16.vi.2017, 1 J without antennae (specimen in ethanol, after DNA extraction, No. PLA 63), Malaise trap in a forest steppe, leg. J. Roháček & J. Ševčík leg. (coll. JSL-UOC).

Comments. This is the only specimen of this species available to us. It is partially damaged, so we prefer not to describe it in this contribution. It belongs to the group of dark brown species with the eyes separated and its closest relative is Planetella taiwanensis Ševčík, Hippa & Burdíková, 2021 , according to the phylogenetic tree in Fig. 15, or P. fasciata , according to K2P genetic distance ( Tab. 3). Both the latter species have the eyes separated, without the eye bridge, although they nested in different clades ( Fig. 15).