Genus Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898

The genus Stefaniella contains 9 Palaearctic species, 8 species on Atriplex spp. and one on Chenopodium vulvaria L. ( Chenopodiaceae) (Gagné & Jaschhof 2014). The genus Stefaniella can be characterized by the following combination of morphological characters (Fedotova 1991b, Dorchin & Freidberg 2008): antenna 2+10 or 2+9- segmented if two ultimate flagellomeres fused; palpi two-segmented; ovipositor telescopic, with straight, posteriorly pointed aculeus bearing 2 rows of straight or apically curved setae, a lateral plate that bears short setae, and a rectangular apical lamella.