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

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

Species

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

• 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.

• Arilus auctus Germar, 1837

• Arilus collaris Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848

• Arilus spiniceps Blanchard, 1843

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