• Santschi, 1914d: 355 (s.w. descriptions)
• Combination in Aneleus: Santschi, 1914d: 355.
• Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924f: 214.
• Combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 123.
• Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1914d: 355; Wheeler, 1922: 880; Emery, 1924f: 214; Ettershank, 1966: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 299.

Obsolete combinations

• Oligomyrmex diabolus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Santschi, F. 1913e. Clé dichotomique des Oligomyrmex africains (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1913:459-460. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.