Camponotus rubripes r. maculatus var. hova Forel, 1886 Camponotus maculatus r. hova Forel, 1891 Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782) Camponotus hova The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A. Fauna of Arabia 2004 20 473 495 698GT 605377 Forel, 1891 Forel 1891 Insecta Formicidae Camponotus Animalia Hymenoptera 16 489 Arthropoda species hova   Camponotus rubripes r. maculatus var. hova Forel, 1886. - Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 30: 150 (name unavailable). (Madagascar).  Camponotus maculatus r. hova Forel, 1891. - Histoire Physique, Naturelle, et Politique de Madagascar 20: 35.  Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782). - Kohl 1907: 282 (misidentified).  Camponotus hova. - Collingwood 1985: 277; Collingwood & van Harten 1994: 39; Collingwood & Agosti 1996: 373.   Specimensexamined:  Yemen, Socotra Island:spms from Adho Dimello,  IV.1967, K.M. Guichard, NHMB; spms from Nojid,  16.IV.1993, A. van Harten, CCC; spms from Farmihin,  X.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; nest sample, Adho Dimello, base camp, 12°34'N 54°02'E,  940 m,  03.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2101, NHCY;  1 large ☿, same data, NHCY;  5 ☿☿, coast road east of Hadibo, coastal sand dunes, 12°36'N 54°21'E,  04-06.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2102, NHCY;  1 small ☿, Diksam Plateau, 12°32'N 53°59 E,  1020 m, pitfall trap,  22-24.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2103; spms from Hasaant,  29.XI.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR;  1 small ☿, 2 large ☿ ☿,  Za'pad,  XI.1999, FCUA; spms from Hoq,  13.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR;  1 ♂, Diksam, camp, 12°31'N 53°57'E,  26-27.X.2000, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2104;  4 ☿☿, Wadi Daneghan, 12°37N 54°04'E,  90 m, pitfall traps,  28-30.X.2000, A. van Harten& H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2105, NHCY;  1 large ☿, 1 ♂, Nit,  X.2000, V. Bejcek & K. Sfastny, FCUA;  1 small ☿, 1 large ☿, Homhil, 12°35 N 54°18'E,  330 m,  20-21.XI.2000, V. Bejcek & K. Sfastny, FCUA;  4 ♂ ♂, Wadi Fahr, 12°26'N 54°12'E,  70 m,  01.IV.2001, V. Bejcek & K. Sfastny, FCUA. -  Yemen, Samha Island: spms from coastal area,  08.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR. -  Yemen, Abd al-Kuri Island: spms from coastal plain,  18.II.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR.    Figs19-21: SEM micrographs of heads in full-face view (a) and overall lateral view (b) of ant workers. 19: Camponotus atlantis, large worker. 20: Camponotus atlantis, small worker. 21: Camponotus hova, small worker. SEM: H. Pohl.  Remarks: Occurring throughout the island complex off the African coast in the Indian Ocean, this species can be regarded as a Malagasy faunal element. It has a superficial resemblance to the Afrotropical C. maculatus, but differs in the reduced number of ventral head hairs, less clearlydefined pale spots on the gaster and generally smaller size. The old record of Camponotus maculatusfor Socotra (Kohl 1907), based on specimens collected in 1899 by the expedition of the Vienna museum, should certainly be referred to C. hova. Small workers of C. atlantisand C. hovamay be uniformly pale and difficult to distinguish, but the spines on the hind tibiae of C. hovaare absent in C. atlantis(Figs 17-18). In addition, large workers of C. atlantisusually lack the two to six suberect hairs present on the underside of the head in C. hova. As the largest ants present on Socotra, a separate name for C. hovaand C. atlantis- "kazer"- is used in the native language. 1224544587 1967-04 NHMB K. M. Guichard Yemen Adho Dimello 1 Socotra Island 1224544589 1993-04-16 CCC A. van Harten Yemen Nojid 1 Socotra Island 1224544594 1998-10 CWWR W. Wranik Yemen Farmihin 1 Socotra Island 1224544586 1999-02-03 NHCY H. Pohl Yemen 940 m 12.566667 1 54.033333 HLMD-Hym- 2101 1 Socotra Island 1224544607 2004-01-01 2004-12-31 2004-01-01 NHCY Yemen 1 Socotra Island 1224544601 1999-02-04 1999-02-06 1999-02-04 NHCY H. Pohl Yemen 12.6 coast road east of Hadibo, coastal sand dunes 1 54.35 HLMD-Hym- 2102 5 5 Socotra Island 1224544597 1999-02-22 1999-02-24 1999-02-22 pitfall trap H. Pohl Yemen 1020 m 12.533334 Diksam Plateau HLMD-Hym- 2103 2 1 Socotra Island 1224544605 1999-11-29 CWWR W. Wranik Yemen Hasaant 1 Socotra Island 1224544602 1999-11 FCUA Yemen Za'pad 3 2 Socotra Island 1224544596 2000-02-13 CWWR W. Wranik Yemen Hoq 1 Socotra Island 1224544599 2000-10-26 2000-10-27 2000-10-26 H. Pohl Yemen 12.516666 Diksam, camp 1 53.95 HLMD-Hym- 2104 1 1 Socotra Island 1224544604 2000-10-28 2000-10-30 2000-10-28 pitfall traps NHCY A. van Harten, H. Pohl Yemen 90 m Wadi Daneghan 54.066666 HLMD-Hym- 2105 4 4 Socotra Island 1224544606 2000-10 FCUA V. Bejcek & K. Sfastny Yemen Nit 3 1 1 Socotra Island 1224544591 2000-11-20 2000-11-21 2000-11-20 FCUA V. Bejcek & K. Sfastny Yemen 330 m Homhil 54.3 4 2 Socotra Island 1224544593 2001-04-01 FCUA V. Bejcek & K. Sfastny Yemen 70 m 12.433333 Wadi Fahr 1 54.2 5 5 Socotra Island 1224544603 2000-02-08 CWWR W. Wranik Yemen spms from coastal area 1 Samha Island 1224544584 1999-02-18 CWWR W. Wranik Yemen spms from coastal plain 1 Abd al-Kuri Island