Microphysidae

The Microphysidae are a very small family of true bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera.

Systematics

Until recently, many authors considered these bugs to belong within the family Anthocoridae. A 2022 molecular phylogenetics study groups them with Joppeicidae in the proposed clade Microphysoidea. A 2023 study recovers them instead as relatively basal Cimiciformes.

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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