Microphysidae

Loricula sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Miroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: 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: Microphysidae
Subfamiliae (2): Ciorullinae – Microphysinae

Overview of genera (8)

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

Name

Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859: 36

• Type genus: Microphysa Westwood, 1834 [= Loricula Curtis, 1833]

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 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

Links

• Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859 – Taxon details on Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera.

• Microphysidae – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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