Bearing or carrying elytra; a formal biological term for insects that possess hardened protective wing covers.
From elytra combined with the Latin suffix '-gerous' (meaning bearing or producing), an alternative form to elytriferous used in specialized taxonomic descriptions.
'Elytrigerous' and 'elytriferous' are basically synonyms created by different classical root combinations—scientists have multiple Latin words for the same thing, which is why taxonomy can seem unnecessarily complicated.
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