Stephanoidea Leach, 1815

Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. & Brothers, Denis J., 2009, New genera and species of Maimetshidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea s. l.) from the Turonian of Botswana, with comments on the status of the family, African Invertebrates 50 (1), pp. 191-204 : 192

Superfamily Stephanoidea Leach, 1815 sensu lato

The superfamily Stephanoidea is taken in the broad sense, as proposed by Rasnitsyn (1980, 1988, 2002; sometimes named incorrectly as Ceraphronoidea Haliday, 1833), that is, including Ceraphronoidea s.str. ( Ceraphronidae , Megaspilidae , and the extinct Cretaceous Stigmaphronidae ), as well as Megalyridae , Trigonalidae , Stephanidae , and the extinct Cretaceous Maimetshidae . The reasons are outlined in the papers referred to above.