• Combination in Pheidologeton (Aneleus): Emery, 1900b: 327.
• Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924f: 214.
• Combination in Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 119.
• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 72.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 73; Forel, 1911g: 268; Emery, 1924f: 214; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 36; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 50; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 34; Dias et al., 2020: 66; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 82; Jaitrong et al., 2021: 13 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Carebara pygmaea albipes: Fischer et al., 2014: 72.
• Senior synonym of Carebara pygmaea bugnioni: Fischer et al., 2014: 72.
• Senior synonym of Carebara simalurensis: Fischer et al., 2014: 72.

Junior synonyms

• Carebara pygmaea albipes (Emery, 1893)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton pygmaea albipes
• Carebara pygmaea bugnioni (Forel, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton pygmaea bugnioni
• Carebara simalurensis (Forel, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Carebara pygmaea simalurensis, Pheidologeton pygmaea simalurensis

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton pygmaea

Citations

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• Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
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