''Pimelia angulata'' is a species of

darkling beetle Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...

s in the subfamily Pimeliinae.

Subspecies

*''Pimelia angulata angulata'' Fabricius, 1775 *''Pimelia angulata angulosa'' Olivier, 1795 *''Pimelia angulata antiaegypta'' Koch, 1937

Description

''Pimelia angulata'' can reach a length of about . The body is black, slightly glossy. The elytra show a few lines of small spikes or short tubercles. These beetles are diurnal, emerging in early morning and late evening but hiding in small groups under the sand during the hot hours of the day.

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in the lower

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, in the northern and south-eastern Sinai,

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and in

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. It is adapted to arid climates and desert environments.Isabelle Desportes, Joseph Schréve
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Bibliography

* Niccole D. Rec
The Effect of Temperature on Oviposition in Pimelia Angulata (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Minot State University, 2002 * Adolf Andre
Note sur Pimelia angulata Fak. et espèces voisines et description d'une variété nouvelle (1929)
* FIORI G., 1954 – Morfologia addominale, anatomia ed istologia degli apparati genitali di «Pimelia angulata Confalonierii» Grid. (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) e formazione dello spermatoforo. - Boll. Ist. Entom. Univ. Bologna

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q20720530 Pimelia Beetles described in 1775 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Insects of Egypt