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Darkling Beetle

Pimelia

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

This is one of the species belonging to so-call 'fatty' wingless tenebrionid beetles of the genus Pimelia. Their elytra (forewings) are fused so they cannot fly.

Habitat:

These are typical inhabitants of arid environments as this photo suggests (it was found in the desert of west Rajastan).

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