Carebara diversa

Distribution
This taxon was described from India. It is also found in Guinea, Philippines, Japan, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar and Borneo.

Nomenclature

 *  diversus. Oecodoma diversa Jerdon, 1851: 109 (s.w.) INDIA. Emery, 1893e: 212 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 135 (l.); Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 7 (k.). Combination in Pheidole: Smith, F. 1858b: 174; in Pheidologeton: Roger, 1863b: 30. Senior synonym of megacephala, ocellifera, pabulator: Emery, 1893e: 206; of megacephalotes: Dalla Torre, 1893: 73; of militaris, polita: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458, 463, respectively. Current subspecies: nominal plus draco, fictus, laotinus, macgregori, philippinus, standfussi, taprobanae, tenuirugosus, williamsi. See also: Bingham, 1903: 163; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 85; Moffett, 1984: 7.
 * ocellifera. Pheidole ocellifera Smith, F. 1858b: 174 (w.) MYANMAR. Combination in Pheidologeton: Mayr, 1862: 750. Junior synonym of diversus: Emery, 1893e: 206.
 * megacephala. Pheidole megacephala Smith, F. 1860b: 112 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Combination in Pheidologeton: Roger, 1863b: 30. Senior synonym of megacephalotes Dalla Torre, below. Junior synonym of diversus: Emery, 1893e: 206.
 * militaris. Pheidole militaris Smith, F. 1860a: 74 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Junior synonym of diversus: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458.
 * pabulator. Pheidole pabulator Smith, F. 1860b: 112 (s.w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Combination in Pheidologeton: Mayr, 1886b: 362. Junior synonym of diversus: Emery, 1893e: 206.
 * polita. Myrmica polita Smith, F. 1860b: 108 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Junior synonym of diversus: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463.
 * megacephalotes. Pheidole megacephalotes Dalla Torre, 1892: 90. [Unnecessary replacement name for megacephala Smith, above.] Junior synonym of megacephala: Dalla Torre, 1893: 73.