click beetle vs elaterid beetle

click beetle and elaterid beetle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
click beetle	Yes	No	No	No
elaterid beetle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elaterid beetle is a hypernym of click beetle; that is, elaterid beetle is a word with a broader meaning than click beetle:

click beetle: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
elaterid beetle: any of various widely distributed beetles

Other hypernyms of click beetle include elater, elaterid.

click beetle (noun)	elaterid beetle (noun)
able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound	any of various widely distributed beetles