Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) hova var. obscurata Emery, 1925d: 85 (s.w.m.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 99). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: SW Madagascar, Tulear (A. Voeltzkow). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101110 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB (perhaps also MHNG). Secondary type specimen: CASENT0101109. Type notes: 1) Original description also includes syntype males (number not stated). 2) Other original syntype locality: Europa I.: “between Madagascar and Africa” (A. Voeltzkow) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 1041; no lectotype designated.