• [Also cited as new by Forel, 1915a: 281.]
• [Misspelled as ceylonicus by Ettershank, 1966: 118.]
• Forel, 1912o: 53 (s.w.)
• Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924f: 214.
• Combination in Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 118.
• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 71.
• Subspecies of Carebara pygmaea: Forel, 1912o: 53; Ettershank, 1966: 118.
• Status as species: Forel, 1915a: 28; Emery, 1924f: 214; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Dias et al., 2020: 64.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton ceylonensis
• Pheidologeton pygmaea ceylonensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
• 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
• Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438:57-112. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911c. Ameisen aus Ceylon, gesammelt von Prof. K. Escherich (einige von Prof. E. Bugnion). Pp. 215-228 in: Escherich, K. 1911. Termitenleben auf Ceylon. Jena: Gustav Fischer, xxxii + 262 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912o. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Supplement 15("Erster Band"):51-78. PDF
• Forel, A. 1915a. Fauna Simalurensis. Hymenoptera Aculeata, Fam. Formicidae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 58:22-43. PDF