the elytra are located underneath the exoskeleton if they are present on an insect.
the elytra are located underneath the exoskeleton if they are present on an insect.
where are the elytra located if they are present on an insect?
underneath the exoskeleton
in most species of beetles, the front pair of wings are modified and sclerotised (hardened) to form elytra and they protect the delicate hindwings which are folded beneath. the elytra are connected to the pterathorax; being called as such because it is where the wings are connected ("pteron" meaning "wing" in greek). the elytra are not used for flight, but tend to cover the hind part of the body and protect the second pair of wings ("alae"). the elytra must be raised in order to move the hind flight wings. a beetle's flight wings are crossed with veins and are folded after landing, often along these veins, and are stored below the elytra. in some beetles, the ability to fly has been lost. these include some ground beetles (family carabidae) and some "true weevils" (family curculionidae), but also some desert and cave-dwelling species of other families. many of these species have the two elytra fused together, forming a solid shield over the abdomen. in a few families, both the ability to fly and the elytra have been lost, with the best known example being the glow-worms of the family phengodidae, in which the females are larviform throughout their lives.
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the 2005 begumpet suicide bombing resulted in the deaths of two persons at the hyderabad city police commissioner's task force office at begumpet. on 12 october 2005, at around 7.30 pm ist, a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the task force office killing himself and 45-year-old home guard a. satyanarayana.









































the suicide bomber was reported to be a bangladeshi national dalin alias mohtasim billal, member of harkat-ul-jihad al-islami (huji), a banned islamic terror group.
2005 begumpet suicide bombing