Camponotus hova obscuratus

Camponotus hova obscuratus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus hova)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Camponotus hova obscuratus Emery, 1925 Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

• obscuratus. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) hova var. obscurata Emery, 1925b: 85.
  • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus subsp. radamae var. obscurata Forel, 1907g: 89 (w.m.) MADAGASCAR; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1041.
  • Subspecies of hova: Bolton, 1995b: 114.
  • Junior synonym of hova: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 99.
  • Material of the unavailable name obscurior referred here by Emery, 1925b: 85.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 85, Material of the unavailable name obscurior referred here.)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 85, worker, male described)
• 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).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (see also)