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male Loricula sp. (<2 mm) from Cologne, Germany | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Infraorder: | Cimicomorpha |
Superfamily: | Miroidea |
Family: | Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859 |
Genera | |
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The Microphysidae are a very small family of bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera.
Systematics

female Loricula sp. (<2 mm) from Cologne, Germany
Until recently, many authors considered these bugs to belong within the family Anthocoridae.
The following genera belong to this family:
Subfamily Microphysinae
- Genus Chinaola Blatchley
- Genus Loricula Curtis (= Microphysa)
- Genus Mallochiola Bergroth
- Genus Myrmedobia Bärensprung
- Genus †Myrmericula Popov
- Genus †Popovophysa McKellar & Engel 2011, Canadian amber, Campanian
- Genus †Tytthophysa Popov & Herczek 2009 Baltic amber, Eocene
- Subfamily Ciorullinae
- Genus Ciorulla Péricart
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