Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Jensen, Jens-Kjeld, Hansen, Jógvan Fróði & Nolsø, Ámundur, 2013, Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of the Faroe Islands, species list and collection sites, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 60, pp. 1-7 : 4-5

Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material. Of 173 specimens of C. mortuorum collected, 105 (61%) were males and 68 (39%) females. It was collected in May (1♂ 4♀♀), June (2♂♂ 5♀♀), July (80♂♂ 32♀♀), August

(19♂♂ 29♀♀) ( Figures 7–8 ). There was a single female specimen where the collection date is unknown.

C. mortuorum was collected at 15 of the 44 collecting sites: 1 (4♂♂ 6♀♀), 2 (2♀♀),

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10 (1♂ 2♀♀), 14 (1♂), 19 (1♀), 21 (1♂), 22 (3♂♂ 4♀♀), 23 (1♀), 27 (1♂), 28 (77♂♂ 24♀♀), 29 (1♀), 33 (1♀), 35 (7♂♂ 20♀♀), 36 (10♂♂ 5♀♀), and 40 (1♀) ( Map 5).

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FIGURE 7–10. 7. Sex-ratio Cynomya mortuorum (L., 1761) (blue: males; red: females). 8. The monthly distribution of Cynomya mortuorum (L., 1761) grouped by sex (blue: males; red: females). 9. Sex-ratio of Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) individuals (blue: males; red: females). 10. The monthly distribution Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) grouped by sex (blue: males; red: females). In October all but one specimen were collected in an electric fly trap in Tvøroyri.