Microphysidae

Loricula sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Miroidea 

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

Familia:
Subfamiliae (2): Ciorullinae – Microphysinae

Overview of genera (8)

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

Name

Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859: 36

References

Primary references

  • Dohrn, C.A. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum. Entomologischer Verein in Stettin. Buchdruckerei von Herrcke & Lebeling. 112 pp. BHL Reference page.  [p. 36]

Additional references

  • Aiba, H., Souma, J. & Inose, F. 2025. A new genus and species of Microphysidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with long labium in Late Cretaceous Iwaki amber from Futaba Group of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 29: 44–53. DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.240017 Open access Reference page. 
  • 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
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