title: Review of the genus Stephanospathius Belokobylskij, 1992 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with discussion of their tribal position.
abstract: A review of the Afrotropical genus Stephanospathius Belokobylskij is provided. A new species Stephanospathius benoitisp. n. from the Republic of Congo, and the male and, for the first time, the female of Stephanospathius ornatipes (Kieffer) are described. A discussion of the status and composition of the tribe Stephaniscini is given and a new name for this tribe, Leptospathiini, nom. n., is proposed. A key to the included genera and a key to species of Stephanospathius are provided.
authors: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; Museum and Institute of Zoology PAN, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Sergey A
authors: SA
authors: Belokobylskij