Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aenictus sumatrensis Forel, 1913l PDF: 23 (m.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Indomalaya. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype males (number not stated). Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Tandjong Slamat, at light (H. v. Buttel-Reepen). Type-depository: MHNG. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 17; Wilson, 1964a PDF: 483; Bolton, 1995b: 60.