Camponotus radamae hovoides

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Camponotus radamae hovoides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus hovahovoides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Camponotus radamae hovoides
Dalla Torre, 1893

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Specimen labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • hovoides. Camponotus radamae var. hovoides Dalla Torre, 1893: 249.
    • [First available use of Camponotus maculatus r. radamae var. hovoides Forel, 1891b: 33 (s.w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 85.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Forel, 1907g: 89; Santschi, 1911e: 131 (caption of fig. 3f); Emery, 1920c: 5; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1041.
    • Subspecies of hova: Santschi, 1911e: 132; Emery, 1925b: 85; Bolton, 1995b: 104.
    • Junior synonym of hovahovoides: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 104.

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