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.