Carebara mayri (Santschi, 1928) homonym replaced by Carebara gustavmayri Fischer et al., 2014
Pheidologeton mayri Santschi, 1928f: 201 (q.) NAMIBIA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information: Type-material: holotype (?) worker. Type-locality: Namibia (“Südafrika”): Swakop River (no collector’s name). Type-depository: NHMW. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) This taxon is based on the single (?) worker of Carebara hostilis Smith, 1858a, sensu Mayr, 1866b: 899, misidentification. In the original entry Santschi, 1928f: 201, refers to Mayr, 1862, but Carebara hostilis Smith, 1858a does not occur in that publication.
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