
The Microphysidae are a very small family of true bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera.
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The Microphysidae are a very small family of true bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera.
==Systematics== thumb|right|female Loricula sp. (<2 mm) from Cologne, Germany 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.
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