the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > belonging to order Coleoptera (3)
having the wings encased in elytra, coleopterous, vaginipennate.
designating an insect that has wings covered with a hard sheath (i.e. a beetle); coleopterous.
Belonging to the Coleoptera or Beetles; having elytra.