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Rhadalidae

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Rhadalidae
Aplocnemus alpestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Rhadalidae
Synonyms

Gietellidae

Rhadalidae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea, formerly treated as a subfamily within the family Melyridae.[1] The adults are predators or feed on pollen, while the larvae are probably carnivorous.[2]

Distribution

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Worldwide, except Australasia.[3]

Genera

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ BugGuide: Rhadalidae