Carebara wheeleri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * silvestrii. Oligomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 23 (s.w.) CHINA (Hong Kong).
 * Type-material: 8 syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
 * Type-locality: China: Hong Kong (F. Silvestri).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * [Junior secondary homonym of Aneleus silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 357.]
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 69; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 158; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41 (error).
 * Replacement name: Oligomyrmex wheeleri Ettershank, 1966: 124.
 * . Oligomyrmex wheeleri Ettershank, 1966: 124.
 * Replacement name for Oligomyrmex silvestrii Wheeler, 1928c: 23. [Junior secondary homonym of Aneleus silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 357.]
 * Combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 300; Xu, 2003: 311 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 41.
 * Distribution: China.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
 * Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
 * Wheeler W. M. 1928. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22: 3-38.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.
 * Xu Z. 2003. A systematic study on Chinese species of the ant genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 28(2): 310-322.