Camponotus hova obscuratus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Camponotus hova obscuratus Emery, 1925 junior synonym of current valid taxon Camponotus hova Forel, 1891

Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) hova var. obscurata Emery, 1925d: 85 (s.w.m.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 99). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: SW, Tulear (A. Voeltzkow). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101110 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0101109. Type notes: 1) Original description also includes syntype males (number not stated). 2) Other original syntype locality: Europa I.: “between Madagascar and Africa” (A. Voeltzkow). 3) Europa I. was earlier designated as type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 1041. 4) Specimens probably also in MHNG.

Lectotype designation: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 99.
[First available use of Camponotus maculatus radamae obscuratus Forel, 1907i; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1922: 1041.
Subspecies of Camponotus hova: Bolton, 1995b: 114.
Junior synonym of Camponotus hova: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 99.
Material of the unavailable name Camponotus maculatus hova obscurior referred here by Emery, 1925d: 85.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2022. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. ZooKeys 1098:1-180. 10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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Formicidae subfamilies Formicinae tribes Camponotini genera Camponotus species Camponotus (Myrmosaga) species Camponotus hova subspecies Camponotus hova obscuratus infrasubspecies

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