• [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 100.]
• [Misspelled as laotima by Wheeler, 1930k: 68; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 159.]
• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 71
• Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 119 (error).
• Subspecies of Carebara diversa: Wheeler, 1930k: 68; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 159; Bolton, 1995b: 333; Zhou et al., 2006: 870 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 34; Liu et al., 2024: 25.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton diversus laotinus

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
• 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
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Jaitrong, W.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E. P.; Buddhakala, N.; Yamane, S. 2016. A checklist of known ant species of Laos. Asian Myrmecology 8:17-48. PDF
• Liu, Z.; Zhong, Y.; Huang, Y.; Ran, H.; Song, F. 2024. A new ant species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 1190:1-37. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1190.110552 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1920h. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60:158-176. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924c. Fourmis d'Indochine. Opuscules de l'Institut Scientifique de l'Indochine 3:95-117 [= Faune Entomol. Indoch. Fr. 8:95-117]. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF
• Zhou, S.; Zhao, S.; Jia, F. 2006. A taxonomic study on the ant genus Pheidologeton Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31:870-873. PDF