Arilus

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

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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

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

^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ GBIF: Arilus Hahn, 1831
^ ^a ^b "Arilus Hahn, 1831: Genus information BioLib". biolib.cz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

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

[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.

[:0-2] 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

[biolib-5] "Arilus Hahn, 1831: Genus information BioLib". biolib.cz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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