Camponotus hova Forel, 1891

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Fisher, Brian L., Collingwood, Cedric A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2017, Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 51 (5 - 6), pp. 317-378 : 325-328

Camponotus hova Forel, 1891

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Camponotus maculatus r. hova Forel, 1891: 35 (s. w. q.) Madagascar. Malagasy.

Diagnosis

Soldier. Anterior clypeal margin finely dentate; subcephalic hairs 2–4; body pilosity abundant, thin, and long; head, scapes blackish brown, anterior half of mesosoma, posterior half of gaster dark brown, posterior half of mesosoma, legs, petiole and first gastral tergite yellowish.

Material examined

Yemen, Socotra Island, Himihil Protectorate , 23 April 2014, 355 m, (M. R. Sharaf leg.), 12.58954°N, 54.30570°E (one soldier without gaster, KSMA) .

Geographic range

A species described originally from Madagascar, commonly found on islands of East Africa ( Collingwood and Agosti 1996), and recorded from the Arabian Peninsula from Oman ( Collingwood 1985) and Yemen ( Collingwood and Agosti 1996).

Ecological and biological notes

This species was found in dry leaf litter next to a date palm tree.

Figures

Figure 5. Camponotus hova. (a) Body in profile. (b) Head in full-face view, CASENT0137305, AntWeb. org, (Erin Prado). (c) Distribution map, blue circles from recent records, red circles from Collingwood et al. (2004).