Planetella fischeri ( Frauenfeld, 1867 )

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 : 443

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2023.026
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10621470
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scientific name	Planetella fischeri ( Frauenfeld, 1867 )
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Planetella fischeri ( Frauenfeld, 1867) View in CoL

Hormomyia fischeri Frauenfeld, 1867: 781 View in CoL . Type locality: Austria, Vienna, Prater.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: Austria: Prater (?coll. NHMW Vienna), not examined.

Comments. It is stated in the original description by FRAUENFELD (1867) that type material was reared from Carex pilosa collected by L. Fischer in Prater (Vienna), Austria. The gall was in the form of swellings at the base of leaves. The larva and pupa were described in detail but not illustrated. The adult is described as very dark, scutum produced above the head, with three lateral stripes, abdomen dark brown, head blackish brown, and antennae with 2 + 20 segments, flagellomeres binodose.

The number of flagellomeres would possibly be diagnostic for this species because no other European species of Planetella is known to have 20 flagellomeres. The closest in this respect is P. antennata with 21 binodose flagellomeres but having distinctly banded abdomen. The holotype should be deposited in Vienna, pending further study.