Rhadalidae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea, formerly treated as a subfamily within the family Melyridae.Gimmel M.L., Bocakova M., Gunter N.L., Leschen R.A.B. (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 44: 527-558. The adults are predators or feed on pollen, while the larvae are probably carnivorous.Lawrence, John F. and Leschen, Richard A. B.. "9.11. Melyridae Leach, 1815". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 273-280
Distribution Worldwide, except Australasia.BugGuide: Rhadalidae
Genera
Gietellinae Gietella Constantin & Menier, 1987 Rhadalinae Anthriboclerus Schenkling, 1922 Antinea Peyerimhoff, 1929 Aplocnemus Stephens, 1830 Eucymbolus Champion, 1913 Flavojulistus Majer, 1990 Hemipleurus Peacock, 1987 Indiodasytes Pic, 1916 Jelinekius Majer, 1990 Kubanius Majer, 1983 Malthacodes Waterhouse, 1876 Microcymbolus Pic, 1951 Microjulistus Reitter, 1889 Pelecophora Dejean, 1821 Rhadalus Leconte, 1852 Semijulistus Schilsky, 1894 Trichoceble Thomson, 1859
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