Rusticus is a Latin adjective meaning "rural, simple, rough or clownish" and can refer to:

Animals

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Aedes rusticus ''Aedes rusticus'', it is a relatively common European mosquito, that is often responsible for human bites from May to August. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite. Distribution ''Aedes rusticus'' has a patchy distribution, fro ...

'', a European mosquito * Rusty crayfish (''Orconectes rusticus'') * ''

Urozelotes rusticus ''Urozelotes rusticus'' is a species of ground spider Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Eu ...

'', a ground spider * a synonym of the butterfly genus ''

Plebejus ''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms. Taxonomy As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by som ...

People

Saints and martyrs

*Saint

Rusticus of Narbonne Saint Rusticus of Narbonne (in French Saint Rustique) (d. 26 October perhaps 461 AD) was a monk of the Lérins Abbey and bishop of Narbonne and Catholic saint of Gaul, born either at Marseilles or at Narbonne. According to the Roman Martyrology, ...

(died c. 461) *

Saint Rusticus (Archbishop of Lyon) Saint Rusticus (c. 455 – 25 April 501), the successor of Saint Lupicinus of Lyon (491-494), served as Archbishop of Lyon from 494 to April 501. Later canonized and venerated in the Catholic Church, his feast day is 25 April. Family He and his ...

(c. 455–501) * One of the martyred companions of Saint Denis (3rd century) * Martyr of Verona (died c. 290): see

Firmus and Rusticus Saints Firmus and Rusticus ( it, San Fermo e San Rustico) (died c. 290 AD) are venerated as two martyrs of Verona. Their unreliable ''Acts'' state that Firmus and Rusticus, kinsmen, were prominent citizens of Bergamo. They were martyred at Ver ...

Other people

Fabius Rusticus Fabius Rusticus was a Roman historian who was quoted on several occasions by Tacitus. Tacitus couples his name with that of Livy and describes him as "the most graphic among ancient and modern historians." Tacitus also said that he embellished matt ...

, 1st-century historian of ancient Rome *

Arulenus Rusticus Quintus Junius Arulenus Rusticus (c. 35 – 93 AD) was a Roman Senator and a friend and follower of Thrasea Paetus, and like him an ardent admirer of Stoic philosophy. Arulenus Rusticus attained a suffect consulship in the '' nundinium'' of Sept ...

, (c. 35–93 AD) consul executed by Domitian *

Flavius Rusticus Helpidius Flavius Rusticius Helpidius was a fifth-century poet. Identity His name appears in the manuscript of Pomponius Mela and Julius Paris as the signature of a reviser, in the form Fl. Rusticius Helpidius Domnulus. Julius Paris is an abbreviator of V ...

, 5th-century Latin poet *

Junius Rusticus Quintus Junius Rusticus (c. 100 – c. 170 AD), was a Roman teacher and politician. He was probably a grandson of Arulenus Rusticus, who was a prominent member of the Stoic Opposition. He was a Stoic philosopher and was one of the teachers ...

, 2nd-century Stoic philosopher, consul, and friend of Marcus Aurelius {{disambiguation