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I think that this is a female Phaonia, if so is it possible to say what species it is? -or a few "candidates" that I can check further? Wing about 4-5 mm
Found on a house wall outside Stockholm Sweden november 2023

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other side in different light

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body

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head

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wing 4-5 mm and head

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hindlegg

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Lispocephala?

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Many thanks John for finding the right genus.Here in Sweden the most common species are Lispocephala alma and L. erythrocera but there are as far as I know 7 other species.
After looking at images my main candidate is L. alma but I'm not sure if it is possible to make an identification from photos?

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Lispocephala alma has black spots over crossveins and on margins of the scutellum. In America I have only seen it in early spring. If it overwinters as an adult there must be adults in November too. I have never seen them flying in fall.

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Many thanks John for your new answer/response. I agree with you this is not L. alma. The crossveins are not right, the margin of the scutellum has no spots and and the front tarsus are dark without a light part of the tarsus, see my photo and an example on this link https://www.naturbasen.dk/observation/774064/lispocephala-alma
Further more most observations of L. alma in Sweden are also in the spring months, there are a few observations in the autumn but I'm not sure if the identification of them are right
And as I understand it, it is not the second most common species L. erythrocera either. So it should be one of the other more uncommon 7 Swedish Lispocephala

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Hi, Ole sent me the specimen, and after examination of its genitalia it turned out to be Lispocephala vitripennis Ringdahl, 1951.
For identification I used this paper: https://www.resea...a_Muscidae

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5th sternite

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Hi Johan Many thanks for helping me with the identification of the Lispocephala vitripennis
BR Ole