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Lonchaeidae (cf), July 18, 2021 near Budapest, Hungary
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Another mystery fly, very small, cc. 1.5-2 mm. Shiny metallic. Can someone suggest a family at least from this pic?
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Teglagyar u. 30.
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Some other photos (quite bad also) are in the inaturalist thread: https://www.inatu...s/87723483

Could be Ephydridae, Chloropidae, Lonchaeidae (if they can get this small) etc.
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Teglagyar u. 30.
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I would exclude chloropids (too shining) and lonchaeids (too small).
 
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Lamprolonchaea?
 
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There is only one species L. smaragdina in Europe, which is not yet recorded from Hungary. I change the title to attacht Ian.
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Hi all

I would agree with Jan - my first instinct is that the eyes are too widely separated for Lonchaeidae,
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