Biology:Microphysidae

Short description: Family of true bugs

Microphysidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Present PreЄ Є 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 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

Wikidata ☰ Q1427608 entry