# Arilus

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{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
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| image = Arilus cristatus Kaldari 02.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Arilus cristatus](/source/Arilus_cristatus)''
| taxon = Arilus
| authority = Hahn, 1831
| display_parents = 3
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'''''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](/source/Heteroptera) in the family [Reduviidae](/source/Reduviidae), subfamily [Harpactorinae](/source/Harpactorinae) and [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) [Harpactorini](/source/Harpactorini). Most species are found in the [Americas](/source/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](/source/Arilus_cristatus) 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](/source/Arilus_carinatus)'' <small>(Forster, 1771)</small>
* ''[Arilus cristatus](/source/Arilus_cristatus)'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small> the  North American wheel bug
* ''[Arilus depressicollis](/source/Arilus_depressicollis)'' <small>(Stål, 1859)</small>
* †''[Arilus faujasi](/source/Arilus_faujasi)'' <small>Riou, 1999</small>
* ''[Arilus gallus](/source/Arilus_gallus)'' <small>(Stål, 1872)</small>
* ''[Arilus nigriceps](/source/Arilus_nigriceps)'' <small>Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848</small>

Three additional species originally described in the genus are currently ''[incertae sedis](/source/incertae_sedis).''<ref name=biolib/>
* ''[Arilus auctus](/source/Arilus_auctus)'' <small>Germar, 1837</small>
* ''[Arilus collaris](/source/Arilus_collaris)'' <small>Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848</small>
* ''[Arilus spiniceps](/source/Arilus_spiniceps)'' <small>Blanchard, 1843</small>

==References==
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==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

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