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Spalangia nigra (Pteromalidae, Spalangiinae). Kuva: Koorosh McCormack / Natural History Museum Hymenoptera Section Flickr photostream © CC BY 2.0
Neodipara masneri (Pteromalidae, Neodiparinae). Kuva: Natalie Dale-Skey/ Natural History Museum Hymenoptera Section Flickr photostream © CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Heydenia pretiosa (Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Kuva: Natalie Dale-Skey / Natural History Museum Hymenoptera Section Flickr photostream © CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Pachyneuron groenlandicum (Pteromalidae, Pteromalinae). Kuva: Natalie Dale-Skey / Natural History Museum Hymenoptera Section Flickr photostream © CC BY-NC-SA 2.0