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Genus: Carebara

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Carebara

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

Carebara Westwood, 1840b: 86. Type-species: Carebara lignata, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Carebara in Poneridae, Attidae: Smith, F. 1858b: 178.

Carebara in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1865: 23 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, F. 1871a: 334 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 74.

Carebara in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Emery, 1877a: 81 [Myrmicidae, Pheidolidae].

Carebara in Myrmicinae, Myrmicariini: Ashmead, 1905b: 383.

Carebara in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893a: 164; Emery, 1895j: 770; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663; Kusnezov, 1964: 61; Kempf, 1972a: 74; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 2003: 61.

Carebara in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group: Ettershank, 1966: 81; Bolton, 1987: 265.

Carebara in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Arnold, 1916: 248; Forel, 1917: 244; Emery, 1924d: 219; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; H�lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini].

Junior synonyms of CAREBARA

Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867a: 110. Type-species: Oligomyrmex concinnus, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 74.

Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ashmead, 1905b: 383.

Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893a: 164; Emery, 1895j: 770; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663; Kempf, 1972a: 172; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1389; Jaffe, 1993: 10.

Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group: Ettershank, 1966: 81; Bolton, 1987: 265.

Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Forel, 1917: 243; Emery, 1924d: 215; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; H�lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini].

Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Bolton, 2003: 61.

Oligomyrmex as junior synonym of Carebara: Fern�ndez, 2004a: 194.

Aeromyrma Forel, 1891b: 198. Type-species: Aeromyrma nosindambo, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

[Aeromyrma also described as new by Forel, 1891a: cccvii; no species-rank taxa named.]

Aeromyrma in Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 78.

Aeromyrma in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893a: 164; Emery, 1895j: 770; Ashmead, 1905b: 383; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663.

Aeromyrma in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Arnold, 1916: 256; Forel, 1917: 243; Emery, 1924d: 215; all subsequent authors.

Aeromyrma as genus: Forel, 1891b: 198; Arnold, 1916: 256; Forel, 1917: 243; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663, 882.

Aeromyrma as subgenus of Oligomyrmex: Emery, 1915c: 59 (footnote); Emery, 1924d: 215; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 620.

Aeromyrma as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119; all subsequent authors to the following.

Aeromyrma as junior synonym of Carebara: Fern�ndez, 2004a: 194.

Aneleus Emery, 1900c: 327 [as subgenus of Pheidologeton]. Type-species: Solenopsis similis, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 158.

Taxonomic history

[Type-species not Pheidologeton pygmaeus, unjustified subsequent designation by Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 77; repeated in Emery, 1924d: 214.]

Aneleus in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663.

Aneleus in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Arnold, 1916: 254; Forel, 1917: 243; Emery, 1924d: 213; all subsequent authors.

Aneleus as genus: Emery, 1914a: 41; Arnold, 1916: 254; Forel, 1917: 243; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663; Emery, 1924d: 213.

Aneleus as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119; all subsequent authors to the following.

Aneleus as junior synonym of Carebara: Fern�ndez, 2004a: 194.

Erebomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1903a: 138. Type-species: Erebomyrma longii, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Erebomyrma in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Wheeler, W.M. 1903a: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 46; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663.

Erebomyrma in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ashmead, 1905b: 383.

Erebomyrma in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Forel, 1917: 244; Emery, 1924d: 218; all subsequent authors.

Erebomyrma as genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663; Emery, 1924d: 218; Creighton, 1950a: 245; Kusnezov, 1964: 62; Wilson, 1986b: 61; H�lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 13.

Erebomyrma as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119; Kempf, 1972a: 172; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1389; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 298.

Erebomyrma as junior synonym of Carebara: Fern�ndez, 2004a: 194.

Paedalgus Forel, 1911i: 217. Type-species: Paedalgus escherichi, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Paedalgus in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1911i: 218; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 663.

Paedalgus in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group: Ettershank, 1966: 81; Bolton, 1987: 265.

Paedalgus in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Forel, 1917: 244; Emery, 1924d: 221; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini].

Paedalgus in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Bolton, 2003: 61.

Paedalgus as junior synonym of Carebara: Fern�ndez, 2004a: 194.

Lecanomyrma Forel, 1913k: 56 [as subgenus of Pheidologeton]. Type-species: Pheidologeton (Lecanomyrma) butteli, by monotypy.

Taxonomic history

Lecanomyrma as subgenus of Pheidologeton: Forel, 1913k: 56; Forel, 1917: 243.

Lecanomyrma as subgenus of Aneleus: Emery, 1924d: 215.

Lecanomyrma as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119; all subsequent authors to the following.

Lecanomyrma as junior synonym of Carebara: Fern�ndez, 2004a: 194.