Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

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 : 2

Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Material. Of 1757 specimens of C. vicina collected, 579 (33%) were males and 1178 (67%) females. Flies were collected in January (2♂♂ 2♀♀), February (12♂♂ 12♀♀), March (54♂♂ 78♀♀), April (44♂♂ 135♀♀), May (76♂♂ 210♀♀), June (72♂♂ 117♀♀), July (87♂♂ 170♀♀), August (146♂♂ 157♀♀), September (32♂♂ 87♀♀), October (37♂♂ 91♀♀), November (6♂♂ 13♀♀) and December (5♂♂ 8♀♀) ( Figures 1–2 ). Additionally, there were 104 (6♂♂ 98♀♀) specimens where the collection dates are unknown.

C. vicina were collected at 37 of the 44 collecting sites: 1 (34♂♂ 40♀♀), 3 (2♀♀), 4 (8♂♂ 57♀♀), 5 (7♀♀), 6 (1♂ 2♀♀), 8 (1♀), 9 (6♂♂ 3♀♀), 10 (7♂♂ 12♀♀), 11 (2♂♂ 1♀), 12 (1♂ 7♀♀), 14 (4♂♂ 22♀♀), 15 (5♂♂ 11♀♀), 16 (2♂♂), 17 (155♂♂ 253♀♀), 18 (7♂♂ 10♀♀), 19 (2♂♂ 14♀♀), 20 (1♀), 21 (10♂♂ 17♀♀), 22 (104♂♂ 103♀♀), 24 (1♂ 3♀♀), 26 (8♂♂ 3♀♀), 27 (4♂♂ 3♀♀), 29 (32♂♂ 241♀♀), 30 (8♂♂ 12♀♀), 31 (2♂♂ 2♀♀), 32 (3♂♂ 3♀♀), 33 (10♂♂ 26♀♀), 34 (3♂♂ 1♀), 35 (8♂♂ 21♀♀), 36 (10♂♂ 8♀♀), 37 (2♂♂ 2♀♀), 38 (4♂♂ 4♀♀), 39 (13♂♂ 17♀♀), 40 (90♂♂ 231♀♀), 41 (12♂♂ 8♀♀), 42 (1♂ 5♀♀) and 43 (20♂♂ 25♀♀) ( Map 2).

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FIGURE 1–6. 1. Sex-ratio of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830. (blue: males; red: females). 2. The monthly distribution of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 grouped by sex (blue: males; red: females). 3. Sex-ratio of Calliphora uralensis Villeneuve, 1922 individuals (blue: males; red: females). 4. The monthly distribution of Calliphora uralensis Villeneuve, 1922 grouped by sex (blue: males; red: females). 5. Sex-ratio of collected Calliphora vomitoria (L., 1758) individuals (blue: males; red: females). 6. The monthly distribution of Calliphora vomitoria (L., 1758) grouped by sex (blue: males; red: females).