• [Also described as new by Santschi, 1924c: 102.]
• Combination in Carebara: Fischer et al., 2014: 72
• Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 161; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 334.

Obsolete combinations

• Pheidologeton varius

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
• 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