Carebara similis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nicobar Island.

Nomenclature

 * . Solenopsis similis Mayr, 1862: 751 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
 * Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is, Kar Nicobar (Novara Expd.).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Combination in Pheidologeton (Aneleus): Emery, 1900c: 327;
 * combination in Aneleus (Aneleus): Emery, 1924d: 214;
 * combination in Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 124;
 * combination in Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 235.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1863: 454; Mayr, 1865: 109 (redescription); Mayr, 1870b: 996 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 77; Forel, 1903a: 691; Forel, 1903d: 405; Emery, 1924d: 214; Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 246; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 300; Mohanraj, et al. 2010: 7; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 35.
 * Distribution: India (Andaman Is, Nicobar Is), Indonesia (Prinsen I.).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Mohanraj P., M. Ali, and K. Veerakumari. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10: Article 172
 * Mohanraj, P., M. Ali and K. Veenakumari. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay Of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10:172.
 * Wheeler, William Morton. 1924. Ants of Krakatau and Other Islands in the Sunda Strait. Treubia. 5(1-3):1-20.