Planetella producta ( Meigen, 1830 )

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 : 443-444

Planetella producta ( Meigen, 1830)

Cecidomyia producta Meigen, 1830: 267 . Type locality: Germany. Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, without antennae and abdomen (coll. MNHN Paris), not studied.

Comments. In the original description, the adult male is described as similar to P. cucullata but rather different and substantially larger. Antennae stated to have 24 segments, most probably meant just nodes. The specimen was collected at the end of June in a forest. The figure in MORGE (1975) shows brownish orange coloration, scutum produced over the head, unicolorous abdomen, antennae with 2 + 12 segments, flagellomeres binodose.

The high-resolution photographs of the holotype are available at the web pages of MNHN Paris (https://science. mnhn.fr/taxon/species/planetella/producta). The male type (No. MNHN-ED-ED867) is without antennae and without the abdomen. The thorax is light orange brown, scutum with three longitudinal stripes and strongly produced above the head. MORGE (1975) provided colour plates of the types of Meigen and P. producta is figured as a light brown to orange species with 12 binodose flagellomeres. As this combination of characters is found in many species of Planetella , this species remains unrecognized.