{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Arilus cristatus Kaldari 02.jpg | image_caption = ''Arilus cristatus'' | taxon = Arilus | authority = Hahn, 1831 | display_parents = 3 | synonyms = }}
'''''Arilus''''', or '''wheel bugs''' due to the semicircular crest on the pronotum,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aldrich |first1=Jeffrey R.|last2=Chauhan |first2=Kamlesh R. |last3=Zhang |first3=Aijun |last4=Zarbin |first4=Paulo H.G. |date=2013 |title= Exocrine Secretions of Wheel Bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: ''Arilus'' spp.): Clarification and Chemistry |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260605494 |journal=Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C |volume=68 |issue= 11-12 |pages=522–526 |doi=10.1515/znc-2013-11-1211 |access-date=2022-02-01|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Laiton J.|first1=Laura A. |last2=Giraldo-Jaramillo |first2=Marisol |last3=Forero |first3=Dimitri |last4=Benavides M. |first4=Pablo |date=2021 |title=The wheel bug ''Arilus gallus'' (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): life history and description of immature stages |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages= 551–563 |doi=10.4289/0013-8797.123.3.551}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fitzsimmons |first1=Jay M. |last2=Fitzsimmons |first2=Lauren P. |date=2010 |title=Pre-copulatory behavior of the wheel bug ''Arilus gallus'' (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232682085 |journal=Entomological News |volume=121 |issue=3 |pages=304–307 |access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref> is a genus of true bugs in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae and tribe Harpactorini. Most species are found in the Americas.<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/2008590 GBIF: ''Arilus'' Hahn, 1831]</ref> ''Arilus'' is a generalist predator of insects.<ref name=":0" />
See North American wheel bug for details about a representative species. == Species == Five extant species plus one fossil species are included within this genus:<ref name=biolib>{{cite web|title=''Arilus'' Hahn, 1831: Genus information BioLib|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id426329/|website=biolib.cz|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> * ''Arilus carinatus'' <small>(Forster, 1771)</small> * ''Arilus cristatus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small> the North American wheel bug * ''Arilus depressicollis'' <small>(Stål, 1859)</small> * †''Arilus faujasi'' <small>Riou, 1999</small> * ''Arilus gallus'' <small>(Stål, 1872)</small> * ''Arilus nigriceps'' <small>Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848</small>
Three additional species originally described in the genus are currently ''incertae sedis.''<ref name=biolib/> * ''Arilus auctus'' <small>Germar, 1837</small> * ''Arilus collaris'' <small>Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848</small> * ''Arilus spiniceps'' <small>Blanchard, 1843</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Wikispecies-inline|Harpactorini}} * {{Commons category-inline}}
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Category:Hemiptera of North America Category:Hemiptera of South America Category:Reduviidae Category:Heteroptera genera