• Fernández, 2004a: 206 (s.q.m.); Fischer et al., 2014: 99 (s.w.)
• Combination in Erebomyrma: Wilson, 1962a: 63; Wilson, 1986b: 61.
• Combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
• Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 205.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1937b: 446; Wheeler, 1938: 252; Wilson, 1962a: 62; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Kempf, 1972b: 173; Brandão, 1991: 343; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Fernández, 2004a: 205 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Fischer et al., 2014: 99 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 115; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 822.
• Senior synonym of Carebara eidmanni: Fernández, 2004a: 205; Fischer et al., 2014: 99.
• Senior synonym of Carebara morai: Fernández, 2004a: 205; Fischer et al., 2014: 99.
• Senior synonym of Carebara nevermanni: Fernández, 2004a: 205; Fischer et al., 2014: 99.

Junior synonyms

• Carebara eidmanni (Eidmann, 1936)
  Obsolete combination(s): Erebomyrma eidmanni
• Carebara morai (Menozzi, 1931)
  Obsolete combination(s): Erebomyrma morai
• Carebara nevermanni (Mann, 1926)
  Obsolete combination(s): Erebomyrma nevermanni

Obsolete combinations

• Spelaeomyrmex urichi

Citations

• Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. 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
• Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438:57-112. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45:1-16. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1937b. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81:439-465. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1938. Ants from the caves of Yucatan. Pp. 251-255 in: Pearse, A. S. 1938. Fauna of the caves of Yucatan. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 491:1-304. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1962a. The Trinidad cave ant Erebomyrma (=Spelaeomyrmex) urichi (Wheeler), with a comment on cavernicolous ants in general. Psyche (Cambridge) 69:62-72. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1986b. Caste and division of labor in Erebomyrma, a genus of dimorphic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Insectes Sociaux 33:59-69. PDF