Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954a PDF: 140 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973a PDF: 33 (l.).Combination in Oligomyrmex: Emery, 1924f PDF: 218.Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a PDF: 235.Status as species: Emery, 1924f PDF: 218; Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 124; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 72; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 299.