Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aenictus soudanicus Santschi, 1910g PDF: 758, fig. 12 (m.) MALI. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype male. Type-locality: Mali (“Sudan”, presumably French Sudan (= Mali)): Toukola, iv.1903 (Conan). Type-depository: MNHN. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Status as species: Santschi, 1913c PDF: 304; Wheeler, 1922: 754; Wheeler, 1925b PDF: 1; Santschi, 1930a PDF: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 60.