• Lectotype designation: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 58.
• Forel, 1891c: 213 (m.)
• Combination in Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925d: 86.
• Combination in Camponotus (Myrmosaga): Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 58.
• Subspecies of Camponotus maculatus: Forel, 1891c: 213; Emery, 1893m: 241 (footnote); Emery, 1895g: 337; Emery, 1896j: 370 (in list); Forel, 1907g: 92; Wheeler, 1922k: 1040.
• Subspecies of Camponotus hova: Emery, 1920d: 6; Emery, 1925d: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 89; Dorow, 1996a: 86.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 223; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 58 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Camponotus fairmairei: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 58.

Junior synonyms

• Camponotus fairmairei Santschi, 1911
  Obsolete combination(s): Camponotus hova fairmairei, Camponotus maculatus fairmairei

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus hova boivini
• Camponotus maculatus boivini

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Dorow, W. H. O. 1996a. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of African Zoology 110:73-96. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893m. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.]. Pp. 4-266 in: Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895g. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:336-345. PDF
• Emery, C. 1896j. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780]. PDF
• Emery, C. 1920d. Studi sui Camponotus. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 52:3-48. 10.5281/zenodo.25547 PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1907g. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. VI. Fourmis des Seychelles, Amirantes, Farquhar et Chagos. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology (2)12:91-94. PDF
• Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2022. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. ZooKeys 1098:1-180. 10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223 PDF
• 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45:1005-1055. PDF