Protonym: Camponotus (Myrmosaga) bemaheva
Authorship Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 55, figs. 7B, 13A, 46
Forms w.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Etymology The new species bemaheva is a non-Latin proper noun used in apposition and is named in honor of Fidelis Bemaheva for his help collecting ants in the Malagasy region.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Province Toliara, PN Zombitse, 19.8 km 84° E Sakaraha, -22.84333, 44.71, 770 m, tropical dry forest, pitfall trap, 5-9.ii.2003, collection code: BLF07507 (Fisher, Griswold et al.). Primary type depository: CAS. Primary type specimen: CASENT0050097.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Camponotus bemaheva Species Valid Original combination