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Hello,

i found this small fly in my garden. The size was maybe 3 mm. Does this fly belong to the genus Chlorops and is it possible to determine the species?
Germany, Saarland, Bexbach, Garden, Absolute Altitude 250 m, 26.03.2022

Thanks and greetings, Volker

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Hello,

could it be Thaumatomyia notata?

Greetings, Volker

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Chloropidae: Thaumatomyia hallandica Andersson, 1966: Identification by the approximated apical scutellars. Read https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=108313