| Authorship | Donisthorpe, 1948g: 134 | 
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| Forms | s.w. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | NEW GUINEA (Indonesia) | 
| Primary type information | Type-material: 2 syntype major workers, 6 syntype minor workers. Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, vii.1944, in rotting sago palm log (E.S. Ross). Type-depository: CASC. | 
| Carebara melanocephala | Species | Valid | |
| Pheidologeton melanocephalus | Species | Obsolete combination an obsolete combination of Carebara melanocephala (Donisthorpe, 1948) | Original combination |