Brachelytra: with abbreviated wing covers or elytra. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Heavy, often patterned, elytra cover a pair of membranous wings. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
Elytrin: = chitin, q.v. Elytron: singular of elytra; q.v. Elytroptera: see Coleoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Holotype: the unique type: = type; q.v. Homelytra: elytra of similar or equal substance. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
S. granarius (Granary weevil): without spots on elytra, punctures on prothorax oval-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [7. Important pests in storage] Reference
Humeral carina: in Coleoptera, an elevated ridge or keel on the outer anterior angle of elytra. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
In the case of beetles, the forewings (elytra) are thickened and hornlike and protect the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [7. Important pests in storage] Reference
Dimidiate - us: halved; extending half way around; applied to elytra when they cover only half the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Fastigiate: flat-topped and of equal height: also applied to elytra that extend a little beyond the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Coadunate: joined together at base; two or more joined together; said of elytra when permanently united at the suture. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Humerus: the shoulder: in Coleopteran; the basal exterior angle of elytra: in Diptera, the anterior superior angles of the mesothorax: in. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The head, thorax, and legs are shining black; the elytra, or wing-covers, are olive-green, dotted with black spots, and are much wrinkled. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
I am hard pressed to work out whether the damage present on the beetle elytra looks like it was caused by mammalian teeth or by an avian bill. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
In the countryside one night, years ago, as I contemplated the stars in the cloudless sky, I heard the metallic sound of the elytra of a cricket. From Wordnik.com. [Octavio Paz - Banquet Speech] Reference
Elytral ligula: a tongue-like process on the inner face of the side margin of elytra, to perfect the union with the ventral segments: e.g. in Dytiscidae. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The elytra are hardly perceptibly sinuous near the tip. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
A long, skinny beetle with undersized elytra (wing covers). From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
There are a few short hairs at the rounded tip of the elytra. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
The scutellum and elytra are minutely punctured or chagrined, and hairy. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
This reversal causes the wings and elytra to fall into their natural position. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
The elytra tend to cover the hind part of the body, but are not used for flight. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
These elytra must be raised to allow the movement of the second pair of flight wings. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Black: oblique line near the thoracic angle obviously impressed; elytra with impunctured striae. —. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
The Six-spotted is emerald green with 6 small white spots on the elytra (the shell the covers the wings). From Wordnik.com. [Berks county news] Reference
Underneath there are two narrow appendages, the germs of the wings, which are even smaller than the elytra. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
One of the characters by which some beetles are protected is excessive hardness of the elytra and integuments. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Let us return to the wings and elytra, which have made no apparent progress since their emergence from their sheaths. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Dytiscus, have females of two forms, the most common having the elytra deeply sulcate, the rarer smooth as in the males. From Wordnik.com. [Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays] Reference
Next morning Mr. Layard found the soft parts of the body had been eaten, nothing but the head, thorax, and elytra remaining. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
For the first time the wings close fan-wise and lie down in their places; the elytra bend over at their outer edges, forming. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
In some of the Nicaraguan species the body is lengthened, and the thorax and elytra coloured, so as to resemble wasps and flies. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
Donovan's B. cancellata is surely a distinct species, the serrated margins of the elytra and other characters would separate it. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
General surface of thorax and elytra very smooth, shining, the dilated parts of thorax and elytra with the surface somewhat undulated. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
The flight wings of the beetle often has veins running through them, and the wings are usually folded along these veins and are stored under the cover of the elytra. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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