• Forel, 1895d: 250 (m.); Azorsa & Fisher, 2018: 58 (s.w.)
• Combination in Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex): Emery, 1924f: 217.
• Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 75; Forel, 1895d: 250; Wheeler, 1922: 1028; Emery, 1924f: 217; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299; Azorsa & Fisher, 2018: 58 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Carebara voeltzkowi: Azorsa & Fisher, 2018: 58

Junior synonyms

• Carebara voeltzkowi (Forel, 1907)
  Obsolete combination(s): Oligomyrmex voeltzkowi

Obsolete combinations

• Oligomyrmex grandidieri

Citations

• Azorsa, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2018. Taxonomy of the ant genus Carebara Westwood (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Malagasy Region. ZooKeys 767:1-149. 10.3897/zookeys.767.21105 PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. 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
• Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26:191-238. PDF
• Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895d. Nouvelles fourmis de l'Imerina oriental (Moramanga etc.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:243-251. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.