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Miroidea is a superfamily of
true bug Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to around ...
s in the order
Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
. There are about 7 families and more than 15,000 described species in Miroidea.


Families

These seven families belong to the superfamily Miroidea: *
Microphysidae The Microphysidae are a very small family of bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera. Systematics Until recently, many authors considered these bugs to belong within the family Anthocoridae. The following genera belong to this family: Subfamil ...
Dohrn, 1859 *
Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is the ...
(plant bugs) *
Thaumastocoridae Thaumastocoridae is a family of true bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are about 9 genera and more than 20 described species in the family Thaumastocoridae. Genera These nine genera belong to the family Thaumastocoridae: * ''Baclozygum'' Bergro ...
Kirkaldy, 1908 *
Tingidae The Tingidae are a family of very small () insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species. They are called lace bugs because the pronotum and f ...
(lace bugs) * † Berstidae Tihelka et al., 2020 * † Ebboidae Perrichot et al., 2006 * † Hispanocaderidae Golub and Popov, 2012 * † Ignotingidae Zhang et al., 2005


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