Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 3

Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material. Of 712 specimens of C. vomitoria collected, 277 (39%) were males and 435 (61%) females. It was collected in May ( 47♂♂ 25♀♀), June ( 80♂♂ 65♀♀), July ( 38♂♂ 43♀♀), August ( 88♂♂ 72♀♀), September ( 17♂♂ 18♀♀), October ( 3♂♂ 67♀♀) ( Figures 5–6 ). Additionally, there were 149 ( 4♂♂ 145♀♀) specimens where the collection dates are unknown. These are the first records of this species from the Faroes.

C. vomitoria was collected at 15 of the 44 collecting sites: 4 ( 6♂♂ 11♀♀), 7 ( 1♀), 8 ( 1♂), 5 ( 1♀), 9 ( 1♀), 10 ( 1♀), 16 ( 2♂♂ 2♀♀), 17 ( 200♂♂ 107♀♀), 18 ( 5♂♂ 8♀♀), 21 ( 15♂♂ 18♀♀), 22 ( 6♂♂ 5♀♀), 29 ( 39♂♂ 270♀♀), 37 ( 2♀♀), 38 ( 1♂ 3♀♀) and 43 ( 2♂♂ 5♀♀) ( Map 4 ).

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MAP 4. Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758). Red: sites where recorded only in 2005–10; open circles: not recorded.

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).