Genus Narnia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Cactus Bug - Narnia femorata - male - female

Cactus leaf footed bug - Narnia - male - female

Female, Narnia femorata? - Narnia - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Anisoscelini

Genus Narnia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Narnia Stål, 1862

Numbers

6 spp., all in our area(1)

Identification

body elongate with subhexagonal pronotum about as long as head; basal antennal segment shorter than head (as long as portion of head in front of eye); fourth segment of beak at least 2.5 times longer than third segment; hind femora moderately swollen; proximal two-thirds to three-quarters of hind tibiae somewhat dilated

Range

sw. US to Costa Rica

Food

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

Life Cycle

two generations per year in the southwest

Remarks

The validity of the subgenera Narnia (Narnia) and Narnia (Xerocoris) is questionable and BG no longer uses them, following(2), although the previous remarks are conserved. 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 has not been placed in either subgenus as its characteristics are intermediate between the two subgenera. As currently known, it is restricted to the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California.

See Also

Leptoglossus have a larger metatibial dilation and a longer scape

Internet References

holotypes of N. femorata and N. pallidicornis

Works Cited

1.	Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0

2.	Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World Richard Packauskas. 2010. Fort Hays State University.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 January, 2006 - 3:33pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, Andrew Meeds, drswanny, v belov
Last updated 12 March, 2022 - 10:00am

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