The Jurassic-Early Cretaceous family Ephialtitidae is considered as one of the most basal lineages of Apocrita, one of two suborders of the insect order Hymenoptera. Herein three genera and three species, of which one genus and three species are recognized as new to science, are described and illustrated from the Jianshangou Bed of the lower Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, NE China, including Tuphephialtites wangi sp. nov., Crephanogaster beipiaoensis sp. nov., and Chorephialtites longispinus gen. et sp. nov. So far a total of three genera and five species within the subfamily Ephialtitinae are known from the middle Jehol Biota in NE China, suggesting a high morphological disparity of Ephialtitidae during the Early Cretaceous in NE China. Occurrence of Crephanogaster Rasnitsyn, 1990 in both the Turga Formation of Transbaikalia, Russia and the Yixian Formation of NE China confirms these two formations are of coeval deposits. Additionally, a key to the genera of Ephialtitinae is given. (c) 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.