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is this fly a species of Sphaerocera? It has swollen hind basitarsus and an orange stripe on the brow and a stripe on the scutellum. Collected in the woods in May

thanks,
Jeremy

Edit: I've just found a fly in my folder called Copromyza nigrina, which has orange on the frons and looks similar generally. Might it be that genus?

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side view

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captured fly

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Subfamily Copromyzinae.

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Copromyza sp.