• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854a: 51. Genus misspelled as Ocodoma in both publications.]
• Emery, 1893g: 212 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954a: 138 (l.).
• Combination in Pheidole: Smith, 1858a: 174.
• Combination in Pheidologeton: Roger, 1863b: 30.
• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 71.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 174; Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Smith, 1871a: 331; Dalla Torre, 1893: 72; Emery, 1893g: 208 (redescription); Emery, 1893i: 261; Emery, 1895m: 466; Emery, 1897: 568; Emery, 1900: 688; Forel, 1901c: 14; Dahl, 1901: 19; Emery, 1901i: 567; Forel, 1903a: 691; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 164; Forel, 1903f: 405; Forel, 1905f: 22; Forel, 1909i: 226; Emery, 1911f: 531; Forel, 1911f: 386; Forel, 1912o: 53; Forel, 1913g: 191; Forel, 1913l: 55; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 136; Viehmeyer, 1916b: 285; Wheeler, 1919f: 85; Emery, 1924f: 212; Crawley, 1924a: 399; Stitz, 1925c: 119; Wheeler, 1927b: 45; Wheeler, 1929h: 51; Karavaiev, 1930a: 213; Wheeler, 1930k: 68; Karavaiev, 1935a: 95; Wheeler, 1935g: 27; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 446; Donisthorpe, 1949h: 411; Donisthorpe, 1950a: 339; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Baltazar, 1966: 257; Ettershank, 1966: 118; Taylor, 1991b: 608; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Tang et al., 1995: 76; Zhou & Zheng, 1997b: 163 (in key); Tiwari, 1999: 60; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 330; Zhou, 2001a: 91; Lin & Wu, 2003: 65; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 36; Zhou et al., 2006: 870 (in key); Terayama, 2009: 156; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 7; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 50; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Bharti et al., 2016: 34; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 34; Akbar & Bharti, 2017: 37 (in key); Dias et al., 2020: 63; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 80; Wang et al., 2022: 71; Liu et al., 2024: 23.
• Senior synonym of Carebara australis: Taylor, 1991b: 608; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Zhou, 2001a: 91.
• Senior synonym of Carebara bellicosa: Dalla Torre, 1893: 72; Emery, 1893g: 206; Bingham, 1903: 164; Wheeler, 1919f: 85; Emery, 1924f: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Tiwari, 1999: 60; Zhou, 2001a: 91.
• Senior synonym of Carebara calida: Dalla Torre, 1893: 72; Emery, 1893g: 206; Bingham, 1903: 164; Wheeler, 1919f: 85; Emery, 1924f: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Tiwari, 1999: 60; Zhou, 2001a: 91.
• Senior synonym of Carebara laboriosa: Dalla Torre, 1893: 72; Emery, 1893g: 206; Emery, 1895m: 466; Bingham, 1903: 164; Wheeler, 1919f: 85; Emery, 1924f: 212; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 469; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Tiwari, 1999: 60; Zhou, 2001a: 91.
• Senior synonym of Carebara australis mjobergi: Taylor, 1991b: 608; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Zhou, 2001a: 91.

Junior synonyms

• Carebara australis (Forel, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton australis, Pheidologeton affinis australis
• Carebara australis mjobergi (Forel, 1918)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton australis mjobergi
• Carebara bellicosa (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton bellicosa, Atta bellicosa
• Carebara calida (Smith, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton calida, Solenopsis calida
• Carebara laboriosa (Smith, 1861)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pheidologeton laboriosa, Solenopsis laboriosa

Obsolete combinations

• Oecodoma affinis
• Pheidologeton affinis

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