• Imai et al., 1984: 7 (k.)
• Combination in Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924f: 217.
• Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235
• Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 690; Bingham, 1903: 156; Emery, 1924f: 217; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41; Bharti & Kumar, 2013b: 61 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 34; Akbar & Bharti, 2017: 37 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Oligomyrmex asinus

Citations

• Akbar, S. A.; Bharti, H. 2017. A new species of the ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 19:35-43. PDF
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• Imai, H. T.; Baroni Urbani, C.; Kubota, M.; Sharma, G. P.; Narasimhanna, M. H.; Das, B. C.; Sharma, A. K.; Sharma, A.; Deodikar, G. B.; Vaidya, V. G.; Rajasekarasetty, M. R. 1984. Karyological survey of Indian ants. Japanese Journal of Genetics 59:1-32. PDF