Genus Narnia

Narnia Stål 1862

4‒5 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)

pronotum about as long as head; scape shorter than head (as long as head in front of eye); fourth segment of beak at least 2.5× longer than third segment; metafemora moderately swollen; proximal ⅔ to ¾ of metatibia somewhat dilated

sw.US to Costa Rica

nymphs and adults feed on fruit and joints of cactus, including prickly pear and cholla (Platyopuntia, Cylindropuntia)

two generations per year in the southwest

The validity of the subgenera Narnia (Narnia) and Narnia (Xerocoris) is questionable. Narnia (Narnia) was characterized as follows: surface of body with a close grayish mottle pubescence; form narrow; head proportionally long; connexivum narrow; antennae long and slender; median carina of pronotum not pronounced; lateral margins of the pronotum not very distinctly carinate; hemelytra without a transverse white band, or with obsolete vestiges of such a band. The subgenus included N. femorata (=pallidicornis), N. marquezi and N. inornata (Nearctic status questionable). Narnia (Xerocoris) was characterized as follows: surface of body not covered with a close grayish pubescence; head proportionally short; connexivum broad; antennae short and stout; median carina of the pronotum distinct; margins of the pronotum distinctly carinated; hemelytra with a transverse band. The subgenus included N. snowi and N. wilsoni.

N. coachellae (not known to occur outside Coachella Valley in Riverside Co., CA) has characteristics intermediate between the subgenera.

Leptoglossus have a larger metatibial dilation and a longer scape

holotypes of N. femorata and N. pallidicornis