Pimelia angulata is a species of darkling beetles in the subfamily Pimeliinae.
Subspecies Pimelia angulata angulata Fabricius, 1775 Pimelia angulata angulosa Olivier, 1795 Pimelia angulata antiaegypta Koch, 1937 Biolib
Description Pimelia angulata can reach a length of about .Le monde des insectes 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.Fabricius, J. C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs pag. 252. Flensbvrgi, Lipsiae. (Kort)
Distribution and habitat This species is present in the lower Egypt, in the northern and south-eastern Sinai, Mauritania, Israel and in Sudan. It is adapted to arid climates and desert environments.Martin Lillig, Tomáš Pavlíček The Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Die Deutsche BibliothekEntomologi ItalianiIsabelle Desportes, Joseph Schrével Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Gregarines of Hexapoda
Bibliography Niccole D. Rech The Effect of Temperature on Oviposition in Pimelia Angulata (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Minot State University, 2002 Adolf Andres 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
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