snapping beetle vs elaterid

snapping beetle and elaterid both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of snapping beetle include elater, elaterid beetle.

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