• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 72
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1930k: 69; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 161; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1308; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 73; Tang et al., 1995: 78; Zhou et al., 2006: 871 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Liu et al., 2024: 30.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton vespillo

Citations

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