Pollenia pediculata Macquart, 1834

Prado e Castro, Catarina, Szpila, Krzysztof, Martinez-SanchezCarla Rego 4, Anabel, Silva, Isamberto, Serrano, Artur R. M. & Boieiro, Mario, 2016, The blowflies of the Madeira Archipelago: species diversity, distribution and identification (Diptera, Calliphoridaes. l.), ZooKeys 634, pp. 101-123 : 107

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Calliphoridae

Pollenia pediculata Macquart, 1834

Records.

Madeira: Madeira ( Rognes 1987).

Remarks.

This species is distributed throughout most zoogeographical regions, being widespread in Europe. Pollenia pediculata was first cited from Madeira by Rognes (1987), but no specimens were obtained in the present study. The adults are active mainly in summer ( Martínez-Sánchez et al. 2001). The larvae are predators on earthworms, including the lumbricid Eisenia rosea (Savigny) ( Rognes 1987). The early immature stages were described by Szpila (2003) and Grzywacz et al. (2012).