Annotated catalogue of the Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of the Malagasy subregion Author Madl, M. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2014 2014-12-19 46 2 933 1039 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5312608 0253-116X 5312608 Astata ruficaudata hova ARNOLD , 1945 Astata ruficaudata hova n.ssp. : ARNOLD 1945: 43 (key), 46 (descr., fig. 34 right side, Madagascar ), 189 (biogeogr.). Astata ruficaudata hova ARNOLD, 1944 : LECLERCQ 1960: 96 ( Madagascar ). Astata ruficaudata ssp. hova ARNOLD, 1945 : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 213 (cat.). Astata ruficaudata hova ARNOLD, 1946 : LECLERCQ 1990a: 114 (key as nova), tax., Madagascar ). Astata ruficaudata hova ARNOLD, 1945 : HANCOCK, CHAHWANDA & MHLANGA 1995: 37 (tax., Madagascar , type cat. Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe ). Astata ruficaudata hova ARNOLD, 1945 : PULAWSKI 2003: 795 (cat. Madagascar ). D i s t r i b u t i o n Madagascar : Prov. Antananarivo : Antananarivo – Prov. Toliara : Behara, Bekily. Endemic. The nominate species is known from the Ethiopian region.