• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 72
• Status as species: Zhou, 2001a: 93; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 36; Zhou et al., 2006: 871 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 88; Liu et al., 2024: 30.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton trechideros

Citations

• 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
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Jaitrong, W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1):9-54. PDF
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• Liu, Z.; Zhong, Y.; Huang, Y.; Ran, H.; Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190:1-37. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552 PDF
• Zhou, S. 2001a. Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.]. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp. PDF
• Zhou, S.; Zhao, S.; Jia, F. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31:870-873. PDF
• Zhou, S.; Zheng, Z. 1997b. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr in Guangxi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Chinese.]. Zoological Research 18:163-170. PDF