Protophormia terraenovae (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 : 5

Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

Material. Of 316 specimens of P. terraenovae collected, 64 (20%) were males and 252 (80%) females. It was collected in February (1♀), March (5♂♂ 2♀♀), April (1♂ 10♀♀), May (4♂♂ 5♀♀), June (6♂♂ 5♀♀), July (22♂♂ 32♀♀), August (10♂♂ 2♀♀), September (10♂♂ 12♀♀), October (3♂♂ 57♀♀), November (1♀) and December (1♀) ( Figures 9–10 ). Additionally, there were 127 (3♂♂ 124♀♀) specimens where the collection dates are unknown.

P. terraenovae was collected at 19 of the 44

collecting sites: 1 (1♀), 4 (6♂♂ 16♀♀), 5 (2♀♀), 7 (1♀), 10 (2♀♀), 14 (2♂♂), 17 (9♂♂ 9♀♀), 18 (10♂♂ 4♀♀), 19 (1♂), 21 (6♂♂ 1♀), 22 (2♂♂), 24 (2♂♂), 27 (2♀♀), 29 (8♂♂ 203♀♀), 34 (1♂), 37 (1♂), 40 (12♂♂ 6♀♀) 41 (4♂♂ 4♀♀) and 42 (1♀) ( Map 6 ).

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MAP 6. Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830). Red: sites where recorded only in 2005-2010; green: in both periods; open circles: not recorded.

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.