• [Junior secondary homonym of Carebara diversa taprobanae Smith, 1858a].
• Combination in Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924f: 218.
• Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235
• Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 218; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
• Replacement name: Carebara sinhala Fischer et al., 2014

Obsolete combinations

• Oligomyrmex taprobanae

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
• Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26:191-238. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911c. Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion). Pp. 215-228 in: Escherich, K. 1911. Termitenleben auf Ceylon. Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp. PDF