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♀♀),

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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MAP 5. Cynomya mortorum (Linnaeus, 1761). Red: sites where recorded only in 2005–10; blue: only in 1925–26; 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.