Microphysidae

Microphysidae; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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
	See text

The Microphysidae are a very small family of true 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.^{[citation needed]} A 2022 molecular phylogenetics study groups them with Joppeicidae in the proposed clade Microphysoidea.^[1] A 2023 study recovers them instead as relatively basal Cimiciformes.^[2]

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

References

^ Ye, Fei; Kment, Petr; Rédei, Dávid; Luo, Jiu-Yang; Wang, Yan-Hui; Kuechler, Stefan M.; Zhang, Wei-Wei; Chen, Ping-Ping; Wu, Hao-Yang; Wu, Yan-Zhuo; Sun, Xiao-Ya; Ding, Lu; Wang, Yue-Ran; Xie, Qiang (2022). "Diversification of the phytophagous lineages of true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) shortly after that of the flowering plants". Cladistics. 38 (4): 403–428. doi:10.1111/cla.12501. PMID 35349192.
^ Jung, Sunghoon; Kim, Junggon; Balvín, Ondřej; Yamada, Kazutaka (2023). "Molecular Phylogeny of Cimicoidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) Revisited: Increased Taxon Sampling Reveals Evolution of Traumatic Insemination and Paragenitalia". Insects. 14 (3): 267. doi:10.3390/insects14030267. PMC 10051671. PMID 36975952.

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[Ye2022-1] Ye, Fei; Kment, Petr; Rédei, Dávid; Luo, Jiu-Yang; Wang, Yan-Hui; Kuechler, Stefan M.; Zhang, Wei-Wei; Chen, Ping-Ping; Wu, Hao-Yang; Wu, Yan-Zhuo; Sun, Xiao-Ya; Ding, Lu; Wang, Yue-Ran; Xie, Qiang (2022). "Diversification of the phytophagous lineages of true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) shortly after that of the flowering plants". Cladistics. 38 (4): 403–428. doi:10.1111/cla.12501. PMID 35349192.

[Jung2023-2] Jung, Sunghoon; Kim, Junggon; Balvín, Ondřej; Yamada, Kazutaka (2023). "Molecular Phylogeny of Cimicoidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) Revisited: Increased Taxon Sampling Reveals Evolution of Traumatic Insemination and Paragenitalia". Insects. 14 (3): 267. doi:10.3390/insects14030267. PMC 10051671. PMID 36975952.

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