Carebara semilaevis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Solenopsis semilaevis Mayr, 1901b: 15 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Port Elizabeth (H. Brauns).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Combination in Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma): Emery, 1915c: 59 (in text); Emery, 1924d: 216;
 * combination in Aeromyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882;
 * combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124;
 * combination
 * combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
 * Status as species: Arnold, 1916: 247; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882; Emery, 1924d: 216; Arnold, 1926: 236; Weber, 1952a: 11 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
 * Senior synonym of hewitti: Emery, 1924d: 216 (footnote); Arnold, 1926: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 300.
 * Distribution: South Africa.
 * hewitti. Oligomyrmex (Aeromyrma) hewitti Santschi, 1919a: 341, fig. 3 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Grahamstown (Hewitt).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Combination in Aeromyrma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882;
 * combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 123.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 882; Ettershank, 1966: 123 (error).
 * Junior synonym of semilaevis: Emery, 1924d: 216 (footnote); Arnold, 1926: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 299.
 * incerta. Carebara incerta Santschi, 1923d: 66 (m.) BRAZIL (Goiás).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Goya (B.J. de Gaulle).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * [Junior secondary homonym of Oligomyrmex incertus Santschi, 1919a: 340.]
 * Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 102; Ettershank, 1966: 127; Kempf, 1972a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
 * Replacement name: Carebara incierta Fernández, 2004a: 216.
 * kenyensis. Oligomyrmex kenyensis Ettershank, 1966: 123.
 * Unnecessary replacement name for alluaudi Santschi, 1914b: 81; hence junior synonym of alluaudi: Bolton, 1995b: 299.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 159-270.
 * Arnold G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 191-295.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Santschi F. 1919. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 52: 325-350.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004