Protonym: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) hova var. obscurata
Authorship Emery, 1925d: 85
Forms s.w.m.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus hova obscuratus Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Camponotus hova Forel, 1891
Original combination