Dorbanellidae Schellenberg, 1925: 205.
Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926: 344; Barnard, 1932: 186; Dahl, 1959: 235; Andres & Brandt, 2001: 79; Sittrop & Serejo, 2009: 474; Johansen & Vader, 2015: 3. Lepechinellinae Bousfield & Kendall, 1994: 31; Lowry & Myers, 2017: 57.
Type genus: Lepechinella Stebbing, 1908, by original designation.