Camponotus hova maculatoides

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Camponotus hova maculatoides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus strangulatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus hova maculatoides
Emery, 1920

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus strangulatus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • maculatoides. Camponotus (Myrmoturba) hova subsp. maculatoides Emery, 1920c: 6.
    • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. hova var. maculatoides Forel, 1897c: 200 (w.) MADAGASCAR; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Combination in C. (Dinomyrmex): Santschi, 1921f: 312.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1898a: 225; Forel, 1907e: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1041.
    • Subspecies of hova: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 86.
    • [Note: Emery gives maculatoides as senior synonym, but strangulatus has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 125).]
    • Junior synonym of strangulatus: Emery, 1920d: 6; Emery, 1925d: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 125; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 164.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 109, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, junior synonym of strangulatus)
  • Forel, A. 1897d. Ameisen aus Nossi-Bé, Majunga, Juan de Nova (Madagaskar), den Aldabra-Inseln und Sansibar, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow aus Berlin. Mit einem Anhang über die von Herrn Privatdocenten Dr. A. Brauer in Marburg auf den Seychellen un (page 200, First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. hova var. maculatoides Forel, 1897; unavailable name.)
  • 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 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223).
  • Santschi, F. 1921f. Retouches aux sous-genres de Camponotus. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 61: 310-312 (page 312, combination in C. (Dinomyrmex))