Microphysidae
| Microphysid bugs Temporal range:
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| male Loricula sp. (<2 mm) from Cologne, Germany | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Family: | Microphysidae
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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
- Genus Blatchley
- Genus Loricula Curtis (= Microphysa)
- Genus Mallochiola Bergroth
- Genus Myrmedobia Bärensprung
- Genus † Popov
- Genus † McKellar & Engel 2011, , Campanian
- Genus † Popov & Herczek 2009 Baltic amber, Eocene
- Subfamily
- Genus Péricart
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