Carebara Westwood, J. O. (1840). Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 : 81–89 [p. 86]. Type species: Carebara lignata Westwood, by monotypy.
Oligomyrmex Mayr, G. (1867). Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 10 : 33–117 [p. 110 pl. 2] (junior synonym of Carebara by Fernandez 2004:193). Type species: Oligomyrmex concinnus Mayr 1867, by monotypy.
Octella Forel, A. (1915). Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (16): 1–119 [p. 69 pls 1–3] (described as subgenus of Oligomyrmex Mayr; junior synonym of Oligomyrmex by Ettershank 1966:119; junior synonym of Carebara by Fernandez 2004:193). Type species: Oligomyrmex (Octella) pachycerus Forel 1915, by monotypy.
Oligomyrmex atomus Emery, C. (1900). Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek. 23 : 310–338 [p. 328] (combination as Carebarra atoma by Fernandez 2004:235). Type Material Syntype, Hansemann mountains, Tamara Island and Beliao Island, New Guinea (MCSN (Genoa): worker(s)).
References Fernandez, F. (2004). The American Species of the Myrmicine Ant Genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Oligomyrmex corniger Forel, A. (1902). Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 10 : 405–548 [p. 449] (lectotype designated by Taylor 1991:607; combination as Carebarra coniger by Fernandez 2004:235
). Type Material Lectotype, Mackay, Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): worker (minor)).
Paralectotype, Australia (possibly from Southport, Queensland) (MHNG (Geneva): 5 major workers).
Paralectotype, Mackay, Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): 2 major and 3 minor workers).
Paralectotype, Sydney, New South Wales (MHNG (Geneva): 1 queen).
References Fernandez, F. (2004). The American Species of the Myrmicine Ant Genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
. Caldasia. 26 : 191–238 [taxonomy, p. 235] Taylor, R. W. (1991). Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 30 : 599–614 [taxonomy, p. 607, lectotype designation]
Oligomyrmex corniger parvicornis Forel, A. (1915). Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (16): 1–119 [p. 70] (junior synonym of Oligomyrmex corniger and lectotype designated by Taylor 1991:607). Type Material Lectotype, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): minor worker).
Paralectotype, Herberton, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): 2 major workers).
Paralectotype, Herberton, Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): 3 major workers).
Paralectotype, Malanda, Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): 1 male).
Paralectotype, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): 2 minor workers, 2 queens).
References Taylor, R. W. (1991). Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 30 : 599–614 [taxonomy, p. 607, revision, lectotype designation]
Pheidologeton (Aneleus) similis crassiuscula Emery, C. (1900). Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek. 23 : 310–338 [p. 328] (combination as Aneleus (Aneleus) similis crassiuscula by Emery 1922:214; combination and raised to species as Oligomyrmex crassiusculus by Ettershank 1966; combination as Carebarra crassiuscula by Fernandez 2004:235). Type Material Syntype, Madang (as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen), Papua New Guinea (MCSN (Genoa): worker(s)).
References Emery, C. (1922). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum. 174C : 207–397 [taxonomy, p. 214] Ettershank, G. (1966). A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology. 14 : 73–171 [taxonomy] Fernandez, F. (2004). The American Species of the Myrmicine Ant Genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Oligomyrmex mjobergi Forel, A. (1915). Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi. 9 (16): 1–119 [p. 69] (combination as Carebarra mjobergi by Fernandez 2004:235). Type Material Syntype, Malanda, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): 3 workers).
References Fernandez, F. (2004). The American Species of the Myrmicine Ant Genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Oligomyrmex manni norfolkensis Donisthorpe, H. (1941). The ants of Norfolk Island. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 77 : 90–93 [p. 92] (full species as Oligomyrmex norfolkensis by Taylor and Brown 1985:72; combination as Carebarra norlfolkensis by Fernandez 2004:235). Type Material Syntype, Norfolk Island (BMNH (London): worker(s), queen(s)).
References Fernandez, F. (2004). The American Species of the Myrmicine Ant Genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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