selecting hosts from multiple host groups in playbook

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The intent is to hit the following hosts

host_group01

host_group02

another_host_group provided it’s also in the group environment_test

I’ve tried something along this in the playbook

  • hosts: ~host_group(01:02):another_host_group:&environment_test

But this appears to exclude any host that is not in environment_test, and missing host_group01 and host_group02

How can I isolate another_host_group:&environment_test ? I am struggling to work out a regex or find a way modify the hostgroup computation away from the default, in math the equivalent of 2*(3+4).