Normally, beetles have wings hidden under their elytra.

甲虫在面通常藏有膀。

Crickets hold their elytra up which creates a small air pocket that acts as a sounding box.

蟋蟀把翘起形成一小气囊，起到小共鸣作用。

For the candidates, these two components are mounted on the elytra — the two most rigid wings on the insect.

对于演奏者这部分都在它们上面——是昆虫硬质膀。

Pseudoscorpions normally live under the bark, but the females like to slip under the elytra of longhorns when they land close by.

伪蝎通常生活在树皮不过雌性喜欢趁天牛落在身旁时溜到其之。

How differently constructed is the feathered wing of a bird and the membrane-covered wing of a bat; and still more so the four wings of a butterfly, the two wings of a fly, and the two wings with the elytra of a beetle.

鸟羽毛膀和蝙蝠膜覆盖膀构造有多么不同；更何况还有蝴蝶四膀、苍蝇膀和甲虫带有膀。