• [Also cited as new by Forel, 1915a: 281.]
• Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924f: 214.
• Combination in Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 118.
• Subspecies of Carebara pygmaea: Emery, 1924f: 214; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 154; Ettershank, 1966: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
• Junior synonym of Carebara pygmaea: Fischer et al., 2014: 72; Wimolsuthikul et al., 2024: 93.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton pygmaea bugnioni

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
• 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
• Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 58:22-43. PDF
• Wimolsuthikul, C.; Yamane, S.; Samung, Y.; Jaitrong, W. 2024. A revision of the Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887) species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand. Zootaxa 5481 (1):79-100. 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.5 PDF