The subfamily Stromatopelminae was first proposed by
Günter Schmidt in 1993.[1] The genera he included had been placed in the subfamily
Eumenophorinae by Raven in 1985.[2] Schmidt excluded them as they did not have the typical stridulating organ on the
coxa and
trochanter of the
palps and legs which are present in Eumenophorinae.[1] The subfamily was recovered as
monophyletic in both a 2018 and a 2019 study, sister to the subfamily
Harpactirinae.[3][4]
Genera
Schmidt included two genera,[1] both found in tropical West and Central Africa.[5][6] Both genera were included in the 2019 study that found the subfamily to be monophyletic.[4]
Gallon in 2005 also placed the monotypic genus Encyocratella in the subfamily.[7] The genus was not found to be part of the subfamily in a 2018 Master's dissertation, which treated it as incertae sedis as regards subfamily.[8] It was not included in the 2018 and 2019 studies which found the subfamily to be monophyletic.[3][4]
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