Taxonomic history
[Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Carebara polita (Smith, 1860).].Consani, 1951 PDF: 170 (q.); Fischer et al., 2014 PDF: 90 (s.w.).Combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924f PDF: 214.Combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 124.Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a PDF: 235.Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 881; Emery, 1924f PDF: 214; Menozzi, 1933a: 104; Weber, 1943d PDF: 315; Consani, 1951 PDF: 169; Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 209; Fischer et al., 2014 PDF: 90 (redescription).
