| Microphysidae Temporal range:   | |
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| 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 | |
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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 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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