Microphysidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Cimicomorpha
Superfamilia: Miroidea

Familia: Microphysidae
Subfamiliae (2): Ciorullinae - Microphysinae
Overview of genera (7)

Chinaola – Ciorulla – Loricula – Mallochiola – Myrmedobia – †Popovophysa – †Tytthophysa
Name

Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859
References

Jung, S.; Lee, S. 2011: A new record of the family Microphysidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from the Korean Peninsula. Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology, 15(1): 182–184. DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2011.10.003
McKellar, R.C.; Engel, M.S. 2011: First Mesozoic Microphysidae (Hemiptera): a new genus and species in Late Cretaceous amber from Canada. Canadian entomologist, 143(4): 349–357. DOI: 10.4039/n11-015
Vinokurov, N.N.; Cai, W.; Luo, Z. 2010: Microphysidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) newly found from China. Zootaxa, 2729: 51–52. Preview

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