Carebara melanocephala

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Pheidologeton melanocephalus Donisthorpe, 1948g: 134 (s.w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype major workers, 6 syntype minor workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, vii.1944, in rotting sago palm log (E.S. Ross).
 * Type-depository: CASC.
 * Combination in Carebara: Fischer, et al. 2014: 72.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 160; Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 333.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe H. 1948. A fourth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1: 131-143.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Yamane S. 2003. Preliminary survey on the distribution pattern of southeast Asian Pheidologeton species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 73-86 in: Mohamed, M.; Fellowes, J. R.; Yamane, S. (eds.) 2003. Proceedings of the 2nd ANeT workshop and seminar. Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah