Arilus

Genus of true bugs

Arilus

Arilus cristatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hemiptera
Suborder:  | Heteroptera
Family:  | Reduviidae
Subfamily:  | Harpactorinae
Tribe:  | Harpactorini
Genus:  | Arilus
Hahn, 1831

Arilus, or wheel bugs due to the semicircular crest on the pronotum,[1][2][3] is a genus of true bugs in the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae and tribe Harpactorini. Most species are found in the Americas.[4] Arilus is a generalist predator of insects.[2]

See  North American wheel bug for details about a representative species.

## Species

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Five extant species plus one fossil species are included within this genus:[5]

* Arilus carinatus (Forster, 1771)
* Arilus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1763) the North American wheel bug
* Arilus depressicollis (Stål, 1859)
* †Arilus faujasi Riou, 1999
* Arilus gallus (Stål, 1872)
* Arilus nigriceps Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848

Three additional species originally described in the genus are currently incertae sedis.[5]

* Arilus auctus Germar, 1837
* Arilus collaris Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848
* Arilus spiniceps Blanchard, 1843

## References

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1. ^ Aldrich, Jeffrey R.; Chauhan, Kamlesh R.; Zhang, Aijun; Zarbin, Paulo H.G. (2013). "Exocrine Secretions of Wheel Bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Arilus spp.): Clarification and Chemistry". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 68 (11–12): 522–526\. doi:10.1515/znc-2013-11-1211. Retrieved 2022-02-01.11–12&rft.pages=522-526&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info:doi/10.1515/znc-2013-11-1211&rft.aulast=Aldrich&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey+R.&rft.au=Chauhan,+Kamlesh+R.&rft.au=Zhang,+Aijun&rft.au=Zarbin,+Paulo+H.G.&rft_id=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260605494&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Arilus" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b Laiton J., Laura A.; Giraldo-Jaramillo, Marisol; Forero, Dimitri; Benavides M., Pablo (2021). "The wheel bug Arilus gallus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): life history and description of immature stages". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 123 (3): 551–563\. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.123.3.551.
3. ^ Fitzsimmons, Jay M.; Fitzsimmons, Lauren P. (2010). "Pre-copulatory behavior of the wheel bug Arilus gallus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". Entomological News. 121 (3): 304–307. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
4. ^ GBIF: Arilus Hahn, 1831
5. ^ a b "Arilus Hahn, 1831: Genus information BioLib". biolib.cz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

## External links

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* Data related to Harpactorini at Wikispecies
* Media related to Arilus at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Arilus|

* Wikidata: Q15707964
* BOLD: 375194
* BugGuide: 259
* CoL: 32V2
* EoL: 74503
* EPPO: 1ARILG
* GBIF: 2008590
* iNaturalist: 48960
* ITIS: 107306
* NCBI: 72516
* Open Tree of Life: 226360
* Paleobiology Database: 294952

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