Planetella sp. B

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. B

Material examined. SLOVAKIA: Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area, Salonkáš, 11.x.2018, larva in gall on Carex hirta , specimen after DNA extraction, No. PLA 14c, J. Ševčík leg. (coll. JSL-UOC).

Comments. Only larva of this species was found. The gall was unusually placed in the middle of the stem of Carex hirta ( Fig. 2B ). The adult specimens remain unknown. According to the position in the phylogenetic tree ( Fig. 15), its closest relative is Planetella riparia sp. nov.

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Fig. 2. Galls of Planetella species.A – Planetella gallarum (Rübsaamen, 1899) on Carex nigra var. recta (Denmark, Ejstrup, 9.vi.2016, photo by H.-H. Bruun). B – Planetella sp. B on Carex hirta (Slovakia, Cerová vrchovina, Salonkáš, 11.x.2018, photo by J. Ševčík). C–E – Planetella granifex (Kieffer, 1898) on Carex acuta (Slovakia, Cerová vrchovina, Salonkáš, 11.x.2018, photos by J. Ševčík).