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Camponotus hova fulvus
| Camponotus hova fulvus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. hova |
| Subspecies: | C. hova fulvus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Camponotus hova fulvus Emery, 1894
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Comoros.
Malagasy Region: Seychelles (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fulvus. Camponotus maculatus subsp. fulvus Emery, 1894a: 72 (w.q.) SEYCHELLES (Praslin).
- Type-material: 1 syntype minor worker, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Seychelles: Praslin I., iii.-v.1892 (Ch. Alluaud).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 86.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1896d: 370 (in list); Forel, 1897c: 202; Emery, 1898a: 225; Forel, 1907d: 92; Forel, 1912k: 165; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1040.
- Subspecies of hova: Emery, 1920c: 6; Emery, 1925b: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 101; Dorow, 1996a: 86.
- Distribution: Seychelles.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1894b. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Séchelles (mars, avril, mai 1892). 2e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 63: 67-72 (page 72, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 52: 3-48 (page 6, Subspecies of hova)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 86, Combination in C. (Tanaemyrmex))
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 86, Subspecies of hova)
- 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 (page 1040, Subspecies of maculatus)