See text The Microphysidae are a very small family of true bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera.

Until recently, many authors considered these bugs to belong within the family Anthocoridae.

[citation needed] A 2022 molecular phylogenetics study groups them with Joppeicidae in the proposed clade Microphysoidea.

[1] A 2023 study recovers them instead as relatively basal Cimiciformes.

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