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Definition of Elytras

Elytra
Elytron El"y*tron (?; 277), Elytrum El"y*trum (-tr?m)n.; pl. Elytra. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to roll round.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Ch[ae]topoda.

Meaning of Elytras from wikipedia

- (/ˈɛlətrɒn/; from Ancient Gr**** ἔλυτρον (élutron) 'sheath, cover'; pl.: elytra, /ˈɛlətrə/) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though...
- Eutarsopolipus chlaenii Katlav & Hajiqanbar, 2021 which dwells under the elytra. Lorenz, W. 2005. Systematic list of extant ground beetles of the world...
- superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about...
- cold waters like the Antarctic Ocean. The scale worms are named for the elytra on their surface that look like scales[citation needed]. The scale worms...
- United States, and Mexico. The male elytras are all black, while the females have 4 black dots on their red coloured elytra. They feed on Frasera albicaulis...
- exception of the elytra, which can have shades of olive-green. They have a black suture with sp****ly distributed black spots elsewhere on the elytra. They have...
- in all but the far north of the continent. It lacks hind wings and the elytra are correspondingly reduced in size. Eggs are laid in the soil by females...
- Being beetles, they have hardened, non-overlapping forewings, known as elytra, which cover up the more fragile hindwings when the insects are not in flight...
- species of rhinoceros beetle native to the Eastern United States. The adult's elytra are green, gray or tan, with black markings, and the whole animal, including...
- stripe, and doesn't have contrasting spots on the previous half of the elytras. While N. giesberti has two white pubescent stripes, in addition to numerous...