Family Stephanidae Leach 1815 (crown wasp)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stephanidae
Parent taxon: Stephanoidea according to L. F. Li et al. 2017
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1906, Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009, Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2010 and Sharkey 2007
Sister taxa: Aptenoperissidae, Eostephanitidae, Ephialtitidae, Myanmarinidae, Ohlhoffiidae
Subtaxa: Aphanostephanus Lagenostephaninae Phoriostephanus Schlettereriinae Stephaninae Stephanus Tichostephanus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (5 collections), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (4), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 11 collections including 17 occurrences