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Mystery fly - acalyptrate?  Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae

Mystery fly - acalyptrate? Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae
Stulsaft Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
June 9, 2018
Size: ca 2 mm
I beat this cool little fly from a shrub, likely Toyon. Really stumped, not unusual for me. The wing venation and overall appearance resembles a few of the chloropids, but those thick antennae seem wrong.

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Mystery fly - acalyptrate?  Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae Mystery fly - acalyptrate?  Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae Mystery fly - acalyptrate?  Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae Mystery fly - acalyptrate?  Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae

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Awesome -
thanks so much, John!