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Through Americas

Lab · Class 6–12Archaeology & Discovery

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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